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The Little House in the Big Woods

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By : Savannah Manning

The Book

The author of this fiction book is Laura Ingalls Wilder. Little House in the Big Woods is a autobiographical novel. The setting takes place in Wisconsin in 1871 and is about a family in the 1800's who lived in a log cabin in the big woods.

Introduction

Main Characters

The Main Characters

-Mom does a lot of cooking and takes care of the kids. She always lets Laura and Mary help her.

-Pa likes to play his fiddle and play games with the girls. He also goes hunting every day so his family will have food.

-Baby Carrie is very little but still enjoys playing with the girls.

-Laura is a young girl, four years old, but she loves being Ma's helper. She enjoys helping Ma milk the cows and making butter.

-Mary is Laura's older sister. She loves helping her Mom in the kitchen, and she enjoys playing dolls with Laura.

Similar Books

Similar Books

One similar title is Little House on the Prairie which is by Laura Wilder. This book also had a setting in the 1800's. Another book is the Long Winter which is by the same author. Both books have the same theme which is to work hard to accomplish your goals.

Plot

Exposition: In the beginning of the book it is Fall and the parents are saving up their money to buy toys for Christmas. Their Father is gone all day hunting to stock up food for winter.

Plot

Climax: It is Christmas and Laura gets her own doll and mittens. Her family comes over and they get mittens and candy then they eat dinner and play with there toys.

Rising Action: Wintertime was coming to a end and they were sad, no more snow. They called the melted snow, sugar snow . Now they could go outside it was warm enough.

Falling Action: It is harvest time and Laura´s

Dad is busy working in the fields and hunting. Gathering food for winter.

Resolution: It is winter again and there Dad is busy hunting for wood in the cold winter.

Summary

In the Little House in the Big Woods Laura is 4 years old and lives in a log cabin with her family whom are pioneers. A pioneer is a person or a group of people that are the first to explore a new place or settle at. Their life can be very hard at times because they have to catch, hunt, and grow all of their own food due to no access to stores or restaurants nearby to buy food. They also have to prepare for the tough Winter ahead and the brutal weather so they began to store food up so it will last the whole Winter. Not only was the weather a challenge, Christmas was as well. A lack of money caused them to make most of their gifts including dolls and toy trains.

Summary

Conflict

Conflict

The family struggles daily trying to survive the harsh climate and daily hardships in Wisconsin. As Winter approaches, the family is faced with tough challenges. With no neighbors to depend on for help in the big woods, the family fights to try and survive in the Little House in the Big Woods.

Quotes

"But Laura lay awake a little while, listening to Pa’s fiddle softly playing and to the lonely sound of the wind in the Big Woods."

Quotes

"They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.”

Cliff Hanger

Do you think Laura and her family will survive the harsh climate? To find out read Little House in the Big Woods.

CliffHanger

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