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Little House in the Big Woods

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Little House in the Big Woods follows the Ingalls family – Ma, Pa, Mary, Laura, and baby Carrie – as they live and thrive in their woodland home on the American frontier. Surrounded by wild animals and nature's challenges, this classic tale captures the harmony and occasional fears of pioneer life, offering a heartfelt glimpse into rural upbringing and resilience.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for children aged 8 and above, this timeless story will appeal to fans of Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, and Heidi. It’s perfect for young readers seeking an engaging rural coming-of-age adventure and for anyone interested in classic American pioneer life.

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Inside the little house in the Big Woods lives the Ingalls family: Ma, Pa, Mary, Laura and baby Carrie. Outside the little house are the wild animals: the bears, the deer and the wolves. This is the classic tale of how they live together, mostly in harmony, but sometimes in fear .

the original classic book – with a brand new and collectable gorgeous cover look for 2026. NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES!

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The classic and ultimate edition of the original tales by Laura Ingalls Wilder about life on the frontier and America’s best-loved pioneer family. With a stunning new cover look and classic inside illustrations from Garth Williams, it is now the inspiration for a brand new and much-anticipated Netflix show.

Inside the little house in the Big Woods live the Ingalls family: Ma, Pa, Mary, Laura, and baby Carrie. Outside the little house are the wild animals: the bears and the bees, the deer and the wolves. This is the classic tale of how they live together, in harmony mostly, but sometimes in fear…

The timeless stories that both inspired a TV series that captured the hearts of so many and now form the inspiration for a brand new major Netflix show, for which a second season has already been commissioned, can now be read by a new generation of children. Readers who loved Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, and Heidi will be swept up by this timeless rural coming-of-age saga. Perfect escapism for readers aged 8+. With stunning new covers from acclaimed artist Joanna Lisoweic and original beautiful inside illustrations by Garth Williams, illustrator of E.B. White's Charlotte’s Web.

Have you collected all the Little House books?

Little House in the Big Woods

Little House on the Prairie

On the Banks of Plum Creek

By the Shores of Silver Lake

The Long Winter

Little Town on the Prairie

These Happy Golden Years

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405272162

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 February 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Farshore

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Garth Williams
  • Illustrated by Garth Williams
  • Illustrated by Garth Williams

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 120g

Pages: 176

About the Author

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 in the log cabin described in Little House in the Big Woods. She and her family traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest. Later, Laura and her husband, Almanzo Wilder, made their own covered-wagon trip with their daughter, Rose, to Mansfield, Missouri. There, believing in the importance of knowing where you began in order to appreciate how far you've come, Laura wrote about her childhood growing up on the American frontier. For millions of readers Laura lives on forever as the little pioneer girl in the beloved Little House books. Garth Williams's classic illustrations for the Little House books caused Laura to remark that she "and her folks live again in these pictures." Garth Williams also illustrated Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and almost one hundred other books.

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