See Also:
Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Beverly Cleary Story.
Life Lesson #36 – Look for the Good.
Laura was a young pioneer girl in the late 1800s. She was born on February 7, 1867 and was the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingalls. Life was very hard for the Ingalls family. Winters were especially harsh, and the Ingalls family had many sad times. But in spite of the hardships, Laura’s family was very close, and they loved each other very much.
When Laura grew up, she became a school teacher, and life began to be a little easier for her. Later, she moved to Missouri and went to work as a journalist for a newspaper in St. Louis. She also got married to a man named Almanzo Wilder, and she became Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Laura had always loved writing, and soon she decided to write a book. It was called little House in the Big Woods followed by several more “Little House” books. They were all about her own family when she was a child. But she didn’t just write about how hard life was. She wrote mostly about happy moments like taking a buggy ride into town, swimming in the creek, and listening to her father play his fiddle late at night.
Even though she lived a long time ago, Laura Ingalls Wilder still brings joy into the hearts of everyone who reads her books, or watches the television show called “Little House on the Prairie” which is based on her books.
Yes, Laura Ingalls Wilder, the little pioneer girl, grew up to become a HERO.
– Jim Lord