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There is another new Little House on the Prairie cast reunion to watch!  As part of the Stars in the House series for funding The Actors Fund, which helps the performing arts and entertainment community in times of need, crisis and transition.

I was also startled to read the fact the first episode aired 45 years ago… was it really that long!

Cast members include Melissa Gilbert, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, Sidney Greenbush, Matthew Labyorteaux, Alison Arngrim, Dean Butler.

And at the end, the cast sings the song Bringing in the Sheaves, which was sung by the original cast in several episodes of Little House on the Prairie, including the episode Mr. Edwards Homecoming.

You can enjoy the full reunion here:

While they were singing Bringing in the Sheaves:

If you have ever wanted the soothing voice of Caroline Ingalls to read you a story, you are in luck.  Karen Grassle has a YouTube channel where she narrates favorite children’s books, reading them to young children.

Her most recent is How the Coyote Stole the Summer, and is posting new stories regularly.

How the Coyote Stole Summer

And she has several others including Christmas stories she posted in December, as well as The Lorax and Miss Paul and the President.

Here are a few more to enjoy, you can find the rest on her official YouTube channel.

Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus and illustrated by Jose Aruego.

Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by E.B. Lewis.

The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Rafael López

A Lost Button & The Letter from Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel.

You can find all the Story Time with Karen videos on her channel here.

This month, many of the former cast members of Little House on the Prairie gathered for a virtual panel celebrating the show and their experiences on it.  9 cast members appear in the video!

The following cast members all appear:

• Melissa Gilbert who played Laura Ingalls
• Alison Arngrim who played Nellie Oleson
• Dean Butler who played Almanzo Wilder
• Charlotte Stewart who played schoolteacher Eva Beadle (can we mention her awesome Oleson’s Mercantile t-shirt?)
• Hersha Parady who played Alice Garvey
• Wendi Turnbaugh who played Grace Ingalls
• Pamela Roylance who played Sarah Carter
• David Friedman who played Jason Carter
• Radames Pera who played John Sanderson Edwards

The panel is 1 hour 15 minutes and is hosted by Jerry Milani.

The cast recounts tidbits, trivia and stories of their time on Little House on the Prairie and is definitely worth spending the time to check it out.

You can view the video here:

Another attempt at a Little House on the Prairie reboot is in the works, executive produced by Trip Friendly.  Friendly’s father, Ed Friendly, was the rightsholder for the books and produced the original Little House on the Prairie television show.

Not many more details are known yet, so it is not known how true the show will be to either the original Little House books or to Pioneer Girl, which is a more accurate portrayal of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s childhood.  The original television series did have some basis on the real-life of Laura and her family, but it veered into the fictional realm very quickly.

There is a development listing for the new series at IMDB, but with no new details added.

In recent years, there have been attempted reboots of the series as well as a movie, but none of them have come to fruition so far.

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