At the end of the nineteenth century, nine-year-old Almanzo lives with his family on a big farm in New York State where he raises his own two calves, helps cut ice and shear sheep, and longs for the day he can have his own colt.

A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.

Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.

A little pioneer girl and her family spend the winter in their log cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin

text adapted from Little House on the Prairie

A family travels to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house and meet a friendly neighbor.

"A cold snap late in winter allows a pioneer girl and her family to enjoy the rich sugar candy made from maple tree sap"--Verso page.