Little House books- which one, if you have to choose...

[amyrjoy]

Of these three, which one would YOU prefer to read if you can't do all three:

Little House on the Prairie

On The Banks of Plum Creek

By The Shores of Silver Lake

 

Note: I don't have too much concern over order. My DS read LHITBW this year and Dd read FB in third grade. This is for lit and comprehension, etc. I'm leaning towards OTBOPC but wanted opinions. I read them all as a child, thousand times over but can't remember which ones I liked best. Lol!

 

[aggieamy]

My favorite would be option 4 - Farmer Boy. :)

[Dory]

On the Banks of Plum Creek and Farmer Boy were my favourites (as well as LHITBW) when I was younger.

[almondbutterandjelly]

Little House on the Prairie. I still remember them alone on the prairie, with the waving grasses. The process of buiding the house, the meeting of some key characters, the Boasts and Mr. Edwards. The Indians that go past their house in a long line. Wasn't Carrie or Grace born in this book? Slapping mosquitoes down by the creek, and then catching fever n'ague. Christmas. Good times.

[mom2boys030507]

We are reading through the series right now. If I had to chose one I would chose Little House on the Prairie

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Little House on the Prarie sets the stage for the rest of the books, introduces the nuances of the characters, and epitomizes the series...

[happypamama]

My personal favorite is probably Little Town on the Prairie, but that's because I'm a hopeless romantic.

 

Of those three, I'd probably opt for Little House on the Prairie. Maybe Plum Creek, because it's interesting to see how they start in the sod house and all (and because Nellie Oleson is in it!), but LHOTP is so sweet and really does set the stage for the rest of the series, as a PP said.

[SebastianCat]

My 8 year old's favorite book in the entire series is On the Banks of Plum Creek.

[Aurelia]

DD votes for On the Banks of Plum Creek. She's heard/read LHITBW, FB, LHOTP, and OTBOPC. I liked Little House on the Prairie of those options.

[MinivanMom]

Little House on the Prairie

[lmrich]

Sorry, read them all or listen to the. My favorite is The Long Winter, but it must be read in the heat of the summer.

[lmrich]

Sorry, read them all or listen to the. My favorite is The Long Winter, but it must be read in the heat of the summer.

[UrbanSue]

Of those three I would vote for Little House on the Prairie. I think it might have been the first one actually written. Also, Carrie was not born in this book but, in real life, she was born in that house in Kansas.

 

But I love the Little House books so much I'm confused as to why you wouldn't just read them all over and over? :laugh:

[kiwik]

I would read them in order. So lhotp next. That way you can do a geography link and trace their travels. I think I liked otbopc better though.

[tearose]

If I had to pick one, I'd go with Little House on the Prairie. But I agree with a pp that I'd pick Farmer Boy.

[Alte Veste Academy]

I agree with Farmer Boy. Other than that, LHOTP. Lots of action, better for boys, IMO. My DD loved them all but FB and LHOTP were my boys' favorites.

[arborite]

Ha! I heedlessly read The Long Winter to my daughter the first winter we moved to Michigan, which was particularly fierce even for Michigan. The grinding, grinding, grinding of the grain in the coffee mill...the screaming winds...the long, dark days...shudder.

 

My favorite is The Long Winter, but it must be read in the heat of the summer.

 

[SFM]

Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek and we do love Farmer Boy. By the Shores of Silver Lake has been our least favorite so far.

[amyrjoy]

So thankful for your replies...they've been very helpful. Sigh. I wish we had time for two!

[Hunter]

In the Big Woods is my favorite, but On the Prairie is the most historically significant I think. On the Prairie was a historical peg I relied on all through my education.

[angelmama1209]

on the banks of plum creek was always my favorite. :)

[momma2three]

On the Banks of Plum Creek was always my very favorite. Little House on the Prairie is great, too. I didn't like Silver Lake as a child. There's a part where a 13 year old girl gets married, and that upset me. And there's another part where Ma is basically running a boarding house for the railroad workers, and they lock the girls in their room when the strange men are around. I had a vague idea why, and that disturbed me too.

[Tracy]

Of those three, I would pick Little House on the Prairie. But my favorite is The Long Winter.