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The Ingalls family moves into a dugout house near a creek in Minnesota
1937Steady paceWarm
What it is about
The Ingalls family leaves their Wisconsin home and settles in a dugout home on the Minnesota prairie. Laura and her sisters play by the creek, go to school and face a grasshopper plague that destroys the crops.
Who will enjoy it
Young readers and families.
What you will get
The fourth Little House book. It won a Newbery Honor.
On the Banks of Plum Creek Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Children’s Books · Pioneer life · Family · Prairie
Length
340 pages · ≈ 10 h
More about this book
Characters
Laura, Mary, Carrie and their parents.
Setting
A Minnesota prairie in the 1870s.
What makes it different
A story of pioneer life based on the author’s childhood.
Feel
Cozy, vivid and gentle.
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