Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Her light and fresh tone brings a childlike wonder and enthusiasm to familiar stories. She finds just the right pitch and tempo to capture many different personalities, and you can almost hear her smiling while she narrates. Jones’s lively and versatile delivery gives voice to Laura, Ma, Pa, Mary, Almanzo, and other memorable characters. The series culminates with the end of Laura’s adventures as a pioneer girl and the beginning of her life as a pioneer wife in The First Four Years.Įmmy and Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones brings the captivating pioneer saga to life through her performance of the Little House series. Told from Laura’s point of view, starting at age four in Little House in the Big Woods, the series also traces Laura’s coming of age her relationship with her big sister, Mary, who goes blind her calling as a teacher at age 15 and her budding romance with Almanzo, who grew up on a big farm in New York State. Young listeners are immersed in everyday prairie life for Laura and her family-her Pa and Ma her sisters, Mary and Carrie and their trusty dog, Jack-as they join in building the American Midwest. Drawing on the author’s life, the Little House series tells of the joys and the hardships-extreme cold, failed crops, and more–experienced by the courageous family on their journey. The beloved Little House series follows the pioneer saga of the Ingalls family, who moved across the Great Plains by covered wagon in the late 1800s.ĭuring her childhood, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s pioneer family moved by covered wagon from Wisconsin to Kansas, then to Minnesota and South Dakota.

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder