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| I don't know why she's not smiling. After all, she brought so much joy to her readers, including me. |
When I was 10, 11 and 12, I soaked in the words of her nine-book series, over and over again. I imagined myself in the big snows of Minnesota and longed to ride in a covered wagon. I wish we'd had family friends like Mr. Edwards, I was intrigued by names like Almanzo and Royal and I knew people like Nellie Oleson.
That Mrs. Wilder didn't even begin to write down her stories until she was in her 60s makes her even more remarkable.
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| Original cover of the book |
So thanks so much Laura Ingalls Wilder, for your vivid stories of life on the plains which still seem so real more than 130 years later.
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