These Happy Golden Years
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams
Readers rate it 3.8 (96 on Hardcover)
289 pages · Released Nov 11, 1971 · Scholastic, Inc.
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This eighth book in the Little House series follows 15-year-old Laura as she begins teaching and develops a courtship with Almanzo Wilder. The story emphasizes hard work, responsibility, and family sacrifice during the pioneer era. While there is mild reference to romantic courtship and one scene depicting illness with some emotional weight, the content is gentle and age-appropriate for upper elementary and middle-grade readers.
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The Ingalls family homesteads on their claim in DeSmet, South Dakota. Fifteen-year-old Laura begins to take schoolteaching jobs to raise money for Mary's college. Laura is surprised when Almanzo Wilder begins to seek her company. The Ingalls family homesteads on their claim in DeSmet, South Dakota. Fifteen-year-old Laura begins to take schoolteaching jobs to raise money for Mary's college. Laura is surprised when Almanzo Wilder begins to seek her company.
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- Juvenile fiction
- Pioneer children
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Autobiography
- Juvenile nonfiction
- Families
- Family
- Family life
- Teachers
- Courtship
- Fiction
- Newbery honor book
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