Appleseeds articles from May 2006

Appleseeds archives from May 2006

Quotes by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
May 1, 2006... "I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all." A quote is something memorable that someone said. Laura Ingalls Wilder said many things about life that we remember today. We've...

AppleCorps kids.
May 1, 2006... Oh why, oh why must there always be chores? Well, I'm sure you know life was very hard back then on the prairie! Everyone had to work, even kids! Don't worry, though... we're making something good! You can only have some after...

Listening to Laura: join AppleSeeds writer Shirley Smith as she steps back in time for an imaginary visit with Laura Ingalls Wilder ...(Biography)
May 1, 2006... Welcome to my home, children. I'm Laura Ingalls Wilder. I've invited you here today to hear my story of how I came to love writing books for children. Many of you may have read my eight Little House books. Did you know that those books are...

Laura's traveling life.(Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books)
May 1, 2006... Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books are known and loved by millions of children around the world. Each is set in a place Laura lived. Find those places on the map, then read a bit of what happens in each book. 1 In a Little House in...

Blind love: Laura's sister Mary.(Shores of Silver Lake)
May 1, 2006... Fever struck Mary Ingalls in 1879 and robbed her of her sight. She was 14. In the book By the Shores of Silver Lake, Laura writes that Ma, Carrie, and Mary all became sick with scarlet fever. She says Pa had to shave off Mary's golden hair...

The real little house on the prairie.(Laura Ingalls Wilder)
May 1, 2006... When Laura's Pa saw the tall grass prairie near Indian Territory, he knew that this was the place he had been looking for. "Here we are, Caroline!" he said. "Right here we'll build our house." Pa took the wagon and began to cut and haul...

What's for supper?(Laura Ingalls Wilder)(Recipe)
May 1, 2006... Is your stomach growling? What's in your kitchen for a snack? Young Laura Ingalls would find flour, cornmeal, an egg or two, the day's milk, and if she were lucky, a little brown sugar. Cornmeal, one of the few things the Ingalls family...

Grasshopper storm.(locust swarms in the late 1800s )
May 1, 2006... From the steps of her house, Laura watched as a dark cloud cast a long shadow across Plum Creek. Suddenly, a glittering brown grasshopper dropped from the cloud onto Laura's head. More fell, hitting. her arms, her feet, and the ground. Laura...

A different childhood.(Laura Ingalls Wilder)
May 1, 2006... When Laura Ingalls was a child, most people in the United States lived east of the Mississippi River. Most Americans who lived in "the West" were American Indians. Pioneers like Laura's family lived very different lives from most American...

Chores with Laura.(Laura Ingalls Wilder services to household)
May 1, 2006... Take a trip back in time and imagine that you have to do the same chores Laura helped her mother with each week... On Monday, you wash clothes Forget about using a washer and dryer! YOU wash the clothes in a large pot of boiling...

Did someone say "free land"?(Abraham Lincoln on a new Homestead Act law)
May 1, 2006... In 1862 Abraham Lincoln signed a new law--the Homestead Act--promising up to 160 acres of land to any American citizen who was 21 years or older and the head of their household. (This usually meant men, but women were also able to claim land.)...

A writer is born.(Laura Ingalls Wilder works before to a writer)
May 1, 2006... Long before the Little House books, Laura Ingalls Wilder was used to seeing her words in print. Laura wrote for a farm paper, the Missouri Ruralist, from 1911 until the mid-1920s. The Ruralist focused on farming and country living things that...

The rose that helped Laura bloom.(Laura Ingalls Wilder support from daughter Rose Wilder Lane )
May 1, 2006... The Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder might never have been written without the encouragement and support of Laura's only daughter, Rose. Rose Wilder Lane was a famous writer in her day. She began her career as a journalist,...

Writing down memories.(Laura Ingalls Wilder works)
May 1, 2006... One of the best pieces of advice Laura's daughter, Rose, ever gave her mother was this: "Your own life is a great source for story ideas." But you don't have to wait until you're grown up to write the story of "you." You can start right now!...

Laura's living prairie.(Laura Ingalls Wilder )
May 1, 2006... When Laura Ingalls was 12, she boarded a train in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, with her Ma and sisters. It was 1879, and they were headed for the town of Tracy in the Dakota Territory. Pa had taken a job as a clerk at the Dakota Central Railroad...

A school day with Miss Laura.(Laura Ingalls Wilder as a teacher)
May 1, 2006... Imagine what a school day might have been like with Miss Laura Ingalls as your teacher... Last night, a blanket of snow swept the prairie clean. Today, you are up bright and early--it's the first day of school! The new schoolhouse...

Laura's legacy: an interview with June Silliman.(Interview)
May 1, 2006... Laura Ingalls Wilder appreciated her devoted readers. Children from all over the world wrote letters to her filled with eager questions. For many years, she answered every letter in her own handwriting. Eventually, arthritis in her hands made...

Then what happened?(William Anderson on his inspiration from Laura Ingalls Wilder)
May 1, 2006... When our Consulting Editor William Anderson was a young boy, he felt sad when his third-grade teacher closed the last Little House book. He had followed the adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder from young pioneer girl to homestead wife. "Then...

Hidden-word crossword puzzle.(Puzzle Power)
May 1, 2006... Once you solve the crossword puzzle, you'll have all the letters you need to spell the hidden word. (You might need to reread the articles to solve the puzzle!) The yellow spaces spell the hidden word, but you'll have to unscramble the letters...