Contents
Little House Books
What order should you read the Little House books?
When did Laura Ingalls Wilder write her first book?
Was Nellie Oleson a real person?
What was the poke bonnet Laura Ingalls Wilder wore?
Does the Walnut Grove Church bell Pa donated to still exist?
What years were the Little House books based in?
Did Almanzo Wilder and Cap Garland really go get wheat during The Long Winter?
Did Laura and Pa really twist hay to bun during The Long Winter?
Why did Laura Ingalls stop teaching school?
In which book does Laura meet Almanzo?
Which books does Almanzo Wilder appear in?
Are there more books about Almanzo Wilder’s childhood?
When did Laura Ingalls and family live in De Smet?
Did Laura Ingalls & Nellie Oleson really have competing parties?
Learn about the book Millbank from the Little House books
What was Pa’s Big Green Animal Book?
The Floweret Book of Verses from Pioneer Girl manuscript
Did Laura and Ma really see the bear in the Big Woods?
Did Laura really have a ragdoll named Charlotte?
Did Laura Ingalls Wilder really live in a dugout in Walnut Grove?
What is Spanish Needle Grass in Little Town on the Prairie?
Why did Garth Williams do new illustrations for the Little House books?
How far from Walnut Grove did the Ingalls live?
Was Laura Ingalls Wilder racist?
Why was the Ingalls family so poor?
How did Laura Ingalls Wilder change the perception of the American Frontier?
What religion was the Ingalls family?
How many times did the Ingalls family move in the Little House books?
Why did the Ingalls family move so much?
Did the Ingalls family adopt in real life?
Why did Jack walk alongside the covered wagon instead of inside it?
Was the grasshopper plague in the Little House books real?
Why was The First Four Years not published until after Laura’s death?
What is the age appropriate for reading the Little House books?
What grade level are the Little House books?
What is stove blacking polish?
What year was the Long Winter?
What was the Homestead Act of 1862?
How did the Homestead Act of 1862 affect Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life?
What books did Jack appear in?
What languages have the Little House books been translated into?
What is a currycomb, like Almanzo used to groom the horses?
What is a peddler, like the one in Farmer Boy?
Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder & Almanzo Wilder
What was Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder’s son’s name?
How old was Laura when she married Almanzo?
How much older was Almanzo Wilder than Laura Ingalls?
What did Laura Ingalls Call Almanzo?
What other jobs did Laura Ingalls Wilder hold before publishing the Little House books?
How old was Laura when she began teaching?
Did Laura really refuse to use the word obey in her wedding vows to Almanzo?
What nationality was Almanzo Wilder?
How old was Laura when she had Rose?
Did Laura Ingalls Wilder have a son?
Where is Laura Ingalls Wilder Buried?
Was Manly really Almanzo’s nickname?
How old was Almanzo Wilder when he married Laura Ingalls?
Why did Laura Ingalls Wilder move to Missouri?
Why did Laura Ingalls Wilder write the Little House books?
How old was Laura when the Little House books were published?
When did Laura Ingalls Wilder write the Little House books?
How long were Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder married for?
Why was the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Name Changed?
Who inherited Laura Ingalls Wilder’s estate?
How long did Laura and Almanzo live in Florida for?
How many teaching jobs did Laura Ingalls Wilder have?
How tall was Laura Ingalls Wilder?
When did Laura Ingalls Wilder live in De Smet, South Dakota?
Wilder Crater, named after Laura Ingalls Wilder
When was Laura Ingalls Wilder first published?
How did Laura’s time as a schoolteacher impact the Little House books?
Why did Laura and Almanzo only have one child?
When did Laura Ingalls Wilder move to Missouri?
Did Laura Ingalls Wilder suffer any miscarriages?
Laura’s Family & Friends
Did Mary Ingalls marry in real life or just in the TV show?
How many children did Caroline Ingalls have?
Did the real life Mary Ingalls have a baby?
Did Laura Ingalls have a brother in real life?
Is Rose Wilder Lane, Laura’s daughter, still alive?
Did Rose Wilder Lane have a child?
How old was Mary Ingalls when she went blind?
Did Mary Ingalls attend school for the blind in real life?
Did the Ingalls family really adopt Albert Ingalls?
Did the real life “Nellie Oleson” know about the Little House books?
Did Nellie Oleson marry in real life?
What happened to the real-life Willie Oleson?
Was Oleson’s Mercantile a real store in the real Walnut Grove?
How much older was Nellie Oleson than Laura?
How many babies did Caroline Ingalls have?
What was the age difference between Charles and Caroline Ingalls?
Did the real Mary Ingalls go to blind school?
Did the real Mary Ingalls have children?
Locations
Where did Little House in the Big Woods take place?
Can you still catch a train in De Smet, SD?
Did the Ingalls family travel on the Oregon Trail?
Pioneer Life & Food
What is saleratus used in baking in Little House books?
What are corncakes that Laura and her family ate in Little House on the Prairie?
What is the iron spider that Caroline cooked on in Little House on the Prairie?
What is headcheese that is made and served in Farmer Boy?
Why did the Ingalls family eat baked beans so much?
What are corn dodgers from On the Banks of Plum Creek?
What type of corn did Pa likely plant on their farms?
What is seed wheat that Almanzo & Cap brought during the Long Winter?
What did families eat while travelling in a covered wagon?
What is a whatnot shelf like the Ingalls had in De Smet?
What are claim shanties in the Little House books?
What is hardtack like Laura made for Pa in By the Shores of Silver Lake?
What is a hair receiver and why did women use them?
What are Morgan Horses that Almanzo & his family had?
Why were glass windows so expensive when Laura was a girl?
What is isinglass used in lanterns and stoves?
What were sod houses and how were they built?
How difficult is it to churn butter with a churn and dash?
Do muskrats build thicker walls during harder winters, like in The Long Winter?
How did the Little House books inspire pioneer style living today?
What is a plough and how does it work?
Why did pioneers like the Ingalls eat a lot of cornmeal?
Pioneer Fashion
What are galluses that Pa bought in town in Little House in the Big Woods?
What is calico fabric in the Little House books?
What are pokeberries that are used by pioneers for dyeing yarn and fabric?