Laura Ingalls Wilder News

The Dickinson County Historical Society is partnering with the Kansas Humanities Council to present the program Laura Ingalls Wilder: Home Builder of the Prairie at the Memories of the Prairie Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Heritage Center in Abilene.

In the days of Laura Ingalls Wilder, folks traded in a sod roof for shingles as soon as they could afford to.

A decrepit hand-painted sign, the paint peeling, marked the turnoff for the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House series.

Back by popular demand, ArtsPower National Touring Theatre's beloved Laura Ingalls Wilder chronicles the exciting adventures of the Ingalls family as they travel across the prairie in search of a little house to call home.

What to know if you go ... Here are resources to inspire and guide an exploration of Laura Ingalls Wilder sites: A good place to begin, with information on festivals and much more, is www.laurasprairiehouse.com. Beyond the standard "The Little House" books , there is "The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic ...

The Fairwater Historical Society will offer an opportunity to hear about the author Laura Ingalls-Wilder. Wilder's "Little House" series has been a favorite with children and became a long-running television show.

For many years, my daughter, Kathleen, and I gave presentations at many schools and branches of the Door County library on Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Fairwater Historical Society will offer an opportunity to hear more of the Laura Ingalls-Wilder story at Markesan High School on Tuesday, June 23, at 6:30 p.m. A costume judging contest precedes the program at 6 p.m., which is open to all.

Growing up, I was a huge "Little House on the Prairie" fan. I couldn't get enough of Walnut Grove, the Ingalls family, the one-room schoolhouse, Pa's fiddle... even Nellie Oleson.

Hold on to your sunbonnets if your image of Melissa Gilbert remains frozen as the young Laura Ingalls Wilder she played in Little House on the Prairie in the '70s and early '80s. Half-Pint's autobiography, Prairie Tale , is no clean-cut family drama: It's chockablock with juicy tidbits from her point of view.

Rileys at Los Rios Rancho is hosting the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum's traveling exhibit, "Journey of a Pioneer Family," on May 30 and 31.

The coolest thing about the Internet is the direct access it gives us to the rich corners of our history that were once remote.

Parents and grandparents of students at South Elementary School received a special look at history on Friday as Tara Pierce's fourth-grade class presented the "Hall of Famous Missourians." Staff photos by George Anderson On Friday, May 8, several parents and grandparents of students at South Elementary School were treated to a special history ...

Happy Mother's Day! Mother's Day made me think about some favorite mothers in children's books.

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Wayside, near Pepin, Wis., has a replica of the tiny cabin where the Ingalls family lived around the time of Lauraa s birth.

Here are resources to inspire and guide an exploration of Laura Ingalls Wilder sites: A good place to begin, with information on festivals and much more, is www.laurasprairiehouse.com . Beyond the standard "The Little House" books , there is "The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods From Laura Ingalls Wilder's Classic Stories," by Barbara M.

Tonight we begin our special reports "Take a Trip with Tom' as usual Tom takes us to some of the most interesting spots in South Dakota.

The Tennessee Performing Arts Center has announced the next line-up of Broadway tours coming to Nashville as part of the 2009-10 season of HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC.

The importance of mothers cannot be underestimated. Laura Ingalls Wilder claimed, 'Lessons learned at a mother's knee last through life.' 'Mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled,' said Emily Dickinson.

In our Sunday print exclusive, Star Tribune staff writer Mara Elena Baca and her two sons take their passion for the "Little House on the Prairie" books on the road -- throughout Minnesota -- to find the places dear to Laura Ingalls Wilder.