Bibliograph

The long winter, by Laura Ingalls Wilder ; illustrated by Garth Williams

Type

Label

The long winter, by Laura Ingalls Wilder ; illustrated by Garth Williams

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The long winter

Oclc number

71243673

Responsibility statement

by Laura Ingalls Wilder ; illustrated by Garth Williams

Series statement

Little house books, 6

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 5.3, 10, 370.

Summary

The fledgling town of De Smet in the Dakota Territory is hit hard by the brutal winter of 1880-1881. Laura, Pa, Ma, Mary, Carrie, and little Grace face the winter as best they can, but soon, blizzards have covered the town in snow that piles up to the rooftops, cutting the town off from supplies and trade. Food stores begin to run dangerously low. To save the town from starvation, young Almanzo Wilder and a friend brave the conditions, set off across the prairie in search of wheat, and return victorious. The town is saved, and the townspeople share in an unusual, but joyful, Christmas celebration

Table Of Contents

Make hay while the sun shines -- An errand to town -- Fall of the year -- October blizzard -- After the storm -- Indian summer -- Indian warning -- Settled in town -- Cap garland -- Three days' blizzard -- Pa goes to volga -- Alone -- We'll weather the blast -- One bright day -- No trains -- Fair weather -- Seed wheat -- Merry christmas -- Where there's a will -- Antelope! -- The hard winter -- Cold and dark -- The wheat in the wall -- Not really hungry -- Free and independent -- Breathing spell -- For daily bread -- Four days' blizzard -- The last mile -- It can't beat us -- Waiting for the train -- The christmas barrel -- Christmas in may

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification