Laura Ingalls Wilder Books in Order

This small gift book gathers favorite quotations from the Little House novels about work, family, courage, and simple pleasures. It offers bite sized reminders of the values and everyday insights woven through Laura's longer stories.

Spanning more than sixty years, these letters follow Laura as farm wife, journalist, and celebrated author. Correspondence with family, editors, and fans reveals her views on writing, politics, and memory, and fills in gaps between the published stories.

This annotated autobiography presents Laura's original, more candid account of her childhood and youth, including episodes too stark for the children's novels. It lets readers compare fact and fiction and see how the Little House stories took shape.

A sampler that pulls together excerpts from Laura's novels, diary writings, and journalism, this reader offers a broader view of her voice. It is a handy starting point for readers moving from the Little House stories into her other work.

Instead of Laura's own words, this book collects memories from people who knew her, painting a picture of the woman behind the novels. Family, friends, and neighbors recall her reading habits, reactions to fame, and the quiet routines at Rocky Ridge.

Drawn from Laura's essays and articles, this volume gathers reflections on character, friendship, perseverance, and everyday kindness. Short pieces speak directly to young women about making thoughtful choices in family, community, and work.

This companion volume focuses on what it meant to keep house, raise children, and adapt to change on the frontier. Laura describes everything from churning butter to coping with new inventions, stressing grit, humor, and curiosity.

From sugaring off at Grandma's in the Big Woods to sociables in Dakota Territory, these episodes gather the best Little House parties. Food, music, games, and new clothes turn hard work and long winters into moments of laughter and community.

These stories focus on Charles Ingalls as hunter, fiddler, and hopeful homesteader. Whether he is chasing a bear, playing dance tunes, or moving the family west yet again, Pa's energy and optimism help anchor Laura through each new beginning.

Centering on Caroline Ingalls, this book offers scenes of Ma keeping house in cramped cabins and sod homes, teaching her girls, and facing the prairie with quiet steadiness. Young readers see the strength behind the calm voice in Laura's memories.

Wild, kindhearted Mr. Edwards becomes a favorite neighbor, trudging through a river to bring Christmas gifts or spinning tall tales that leave Laura wide eyed. This book collects his most memorable visits and shows why he looms so large in her stories.

When spring comes, Laura visits her grandparents for maple sugaring, watching sap turned into syrup and candy in the snow. The story is full of sensory details that make this old fashioned celebration come alive for young listeners.

Laura's world widens as she races ponies with cousin Lena, bobsleds with Cap Garland, and navigates tricky friendships with girls like Nellie Oleson. These linked stories celebrate the fun and challenges of growing up in a small prairie community.

These chapters focus on the seasonal rhythm of farm work in Laura's world, from planting and harvest to caring for animals and preserving food. Simple episodes show how even children played important roles in keeping a pioneer family going.

This book tours Laura's log cabin, from the hearth and loft to the barnyard outside, introducing the tools and spaces that shaped her days. It helps children picture how a whole family lived in one small, carefully organized room.

Another holiday themed book, this volume gathers scenes of Laura preparing for Christmas, from hanging stockings to sharing special meals. It reinforces the idea that songs, stories, and togetherness matter more than store bought presents.

Designed like a family scrapbook, this book pairs photographs, documents, clippings, and mementos to trace Laura's life from log cabin to Rocky Ridge Farm. It is an illustrated companion for readers who want to see the people and places in the books.

Country girl Laura and town girl Nellie Oleson clash over dresses, manners, and who fits in at school. This chapter book adapts their best known spats and parties, showing how pride, jealousy, and a few hard lessons shape an unlikely understanding.

Drawing on some of the toughest Little House chapters, this book highlights grasshopper plagues, fierce storms, and lean seasons. Laura's family must stretch every scrap of food and rely on neighbors, revealing resilience in the face of real scarcity.

Based on Farmer Boy, this shorter book follows young Almanzo through chores, mischief, and treats on his family's New York farm. Readers see how early mornings, prize calves, and big harvest meals shape the boy who will one day marry Laura.

This chapter book gathers several of Laura's Christmas celebrations, from simple cabin holidays to town church services. Special meals, handmade gifts, and surprise visits show how the Ingalls family found joy even when money and supplies were scarce.

This collection highlights the animals that share Laura's life, including dogs, horses, cows, and wild creatures. Short pieces and illustrations celebrate the companionship, work, and occasional danger that animals brought to the frontier.

Retelling the move to Kansas, this picture book shows Pa choosing a homestead, building a snug log house, and settling his family on the open prairie. It emphasizes both the hard labor and the thrill of creating a new home.

Adapted for younger readers, this chapter book follows Laura and her loyal bulldog Jack from the Big Woods across the prairie. Jack guards the family from wolves, storms, and straying cattle, while always finding his way back to Laura's side.

Centered on old time one room schools, this activity book weaves spelling practice with scenes from Laura's lessons, recitations, and slate work. It turns pioneer schoolroom routines into simple language exercises for modern children.

When the Ingalls family moves near town, Laura and Mary finally begin regular school. Lessons, strict teachers, recess games, and new friends help Laura discover that learning to read and write can be as exciting as running free on the prairie.

In this picture book, the Ingalls family travels across the flat Kansas prairie, watching gophers and rabbits by day and camping under huge skies at night. The focus is on the journey itself and the wonder of open country.

In these easy chapters, Laura, Mary, and Carrie make the most of frontier life, turning chores and long days into games. From sliding off haystacks to helping when trouble strikes, the sisters' adventures highlight loyalty and everyday courage.

This small companion lets children record birthdays, special memories, and wishes alongside Little House illustrations. It serves as a keepsake that links their own milestones with Laura's stories.

Using pictures from Laura's world, this alphabet book pairs each letter with familiar frontier objects, from aprons and barns to quilts and wagons. It introduces letters in a nostalgic, visually engaging way.

A sturdy counting book that uses scenes and objects from the Little House world to teach numbers. Young readers practice counting cabins, animals, cookies, and more while soaking in frontier imagery.

At the county fair, the Wilder or Ingalls family enjoys races, livestock displays, and prize produce after months of hard work. Children see bright tents, treats, and contests that turn ordinary farm skills into something to celebrate.

This collection of episodes shows Laura's family sharing the prairie and woods with bears, wolves, panthers, and stubborn farm animals. Brief chapters mix close calls and gentle humor as Laura learns respect for the wild creatures around her.

Laura's birthday on the prairie or in the Big Woods becomes a centerpiece for cake, music, and visiting relatives. This adaptation pulls together favorite birthday scenes to show how love, not expensive gifts, made the day memorable.

Based on Farmer Boy, this picture book follows young Almanzo through a winter day of feeding animals, hauling wood, and returning to a warm kitchen. It pairs busy barn scenes with the comfort of a big farm family meal.

Summer brings berries, fireflies, and long days outdoors for Laura and Mary. This picture book highlights picnics, swimming, and helping with small tasks while the Big Woods are green and full of life.

This kid friendly cookbook shares recipes inspired by the Little House stories, from simple breads to treats mentioned in the novels. Clear instructions and nostalgic art invite families to cook together and taste a bit of pioneer life.

In this short book, Laura helps plant, weed, and harvest a family garden, learning patience as tiny seeds become food and flowers. It connects everyday chores to the satisfaction of watching things grow.

Laura is determined to be useful, so she tags along with Pa to fetch wood, do barn chores, or mend fences. The story shows how a young child learns real responsibility while still finding moments of fun with a beloved parent.

Perfect for the very youngest fans, this simple board style story introduces Laura, her family, and their snug little house. Short phrases and friendly art give toddlers a first taste of the world behind the classic novels.

Laura's family packs their wagon and leaves the Big Woods, travelling across rivers and wide prairie in search of new land. Gentle text and illustrations introduce young readers to the risks and excitement of moving into unfamiliar country.

Between the 1930s and 1950s, thousands of children wrote to Laura Ingalls Wilder. This volume collects a selection of their letters, along with her warm replies, offering a glimpse of how young readers connected with the real girl behind the stories.

In this gentle picture book, Laura and Mary watch a deer in the snowy woods and learn why Pa sometimes chooses not to hunt. The quiet scene emphasizes respect for animals and the beauty of the forest surrounding their little house.

This collection gathers favorite songs from the Little House books, from hymns to dance tunes, alongside illustrations of the Ingalls family singing and playing. It encourages families to share the music that meant so much to Laura and Pa.

Part storybook and part journal, this keepsake invites children to record their own days while looking at scenes from Laura's world. Spaces to write, draw, and mark special dates help young fans imagine life on the frontier alongside their own.

Geared to younger readers, this book celebrates one of Laura's frontier birthdays, with homemade treats, simple gifts, and family surprises. It shows how even in a small cabin, a birthday could feel bright and important.

Laura leaves the Big Woods for an exciting trip to town, where she sees store windows, sidewalks, and crowds very different from forest life. The simple story contrasts frontier quiet with the bustle of a country village.

This full color picture book retells a Christmas in the Wisconsin cabin, when relatives arrive through the snow and the children wake to stockings, sweets, and a special doll. The focus is on simple pleasures, generosity, and family closeness.

Set during a Wisconsin winter, this picture book shows Laura and Mary helping with chores, playing in the snow, and watching Pa tell stories by lamplight. It highlights both the coziness and confinement of long cold months in a log cabin.

This treasury gathers several winter themed picture book adaptations, such as snowy days in the Big Woods and Christmas celebrations. Short texts and warm illustrations make it ideal for reading aloud about cold nights, cozy cabins, and family traditions.

In this picture book adaptation, Laura travels through the snowy woods to Grandpa's house for a sugaring off dance. Fiddle music, swirling skirts, and maple treats show how pioneer families turned work into a joyful winter celebration.

This collection gathers Laura's newspaper and magazine pieces from her years in Missouri, touching on farm work, housekeeping, politics, and changing times. Short essays show her plainspoken humor and practical advice long before the Little House novels.

Through letters written from San Francisco in 1915, Laura describes visiting her daughter Rose and exploring the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Readers see her curiosity about city life, the ocean, and modern conveniences far from Rocky Ridge.

Drawn from Laura's 1894 diary, this travel narrative records the Wilder family's wagon journey from South Dakota to a new start in Missouri. Short daily entries capture roads, weather, small towns, and hopes for a better farming life ahead.

This final book covers Laura and Almanzo's early marriage on their Dakota claim, where they gamble on wheat, face illness, drought, and heartbreaking loss, and see their new home destroyed. The tone is starker, but their determination never fully fades.

As a teenager, Laura takes on distant teaching jobs to support her family, riding home on weekends behind Almanzo's fast horses. Lessons, sleigh rides, and growing affection lead to a simple prairie wedding and the start of her own household.

With the worst winter past, Laura enjoys small town life in De Smet, from school programs and socials to her first paid sewing job. She studies hard to help send Mary to college and begins noticing a quiet young farmer named Almanzo.

In 1880 a string of brutal blizzards shuts down the railroad and traps De Smet under snow for months. With food and fuel running out, Laura's family twists hay for heat while Almanzo Wilder risks his life to bring wheat to town.

After illness leaves Mary blind, the Ingalls family heads to Dakota Territory, where Pa works for the railroad and stakes a homestead near a new town. Laura rides ponies, helps her sister, and watches the empty prairie fill with settlers.

In Minnesota the Ingalls family moves into a dugout home by a creek, starts school in town, and meets spoiled Nellie Oleson. Hopes for a wheat harvest crumble under locust swarms and blizzards, testing the family's resourcefulness and faith.

Laura's family leaves the Big Woods to build a log house on the Kansas prairie, facing illness, storms, and uneasy encounters with their Osage neighbors. The book balances homestead adventure with the uncertainty of living on contested land.

Set on a prosperous New York farm, this story follows young Almanzo Wilder through a year of early mornings, heavy chores, and secret dreams of owning his own horses. Rich farm details make this a feast of nineteenth century rural life.

Laura Ingalls is a small girl in the Wisconsin woods, learning to help with chores, listen to Pa's fiddle, and enjoy sugaring time and cozy winter nights. This opening book shows everyday frontier life through a child's eyes.