Laura Ingalls Wilder
Selected Bibliography
Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
Farmer Boy (1933)
Little House on the Prairie (1935)
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)
By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939)
The Long Winter (1940)
Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
These Happy Golden Years (1943)
Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867-February 10, 1957) was a children’s book author whose autobiographical works about her rural Minnesota upbringing have given her international fame. Wilder’s family were homesteaders who moved around the Midwest, settling on several different farmlands. She taught school until she married Almanzo Wilder at age eighteen. After that, Wilder worked as a seamstress, was a columnist for various periodicals, and edited the Missouri Realist.
Laura Ingalls Wilder is best known for her children’s book series Little House on the Prairie. These novels have received numerous accolades, including the Newbery Honor Book Award and the Henry Hartman Young Readers Award. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award was later established by the Children’s Library Association in 1954, though its name was changed to the Children’s Literature Legacy Award in 2018 due to controversy surrounding Wilder’s depiction of Native Americans in her work. Her books include These Happy Golden Years and On the Banks of Plum Creek.
More information on Laura Ingalls Wilder from the Minnesota Historical Society.