reading (Little House on the Prairie)
Jul. 15th, 2007 03:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eorI finished reading "Little House on the Prairie" this morning. I can't remember at what age I originally read this book, but it was a long time ago, back when I lived on the farm.
From my reading as a kid I didn't remember how clearly the situation with the Indians was spelled out. During my reread I was quite surprised, both by how much the characters knew and how clearly things were spelled out for the reader. The way this book lays things out without preaching right or wrong is handled with grace and subtlety. There are implications here that most kids probably won't pick up on, but they will probably get the larger moral conflict as it plays out.
There is a good balance of exciting incidents, instruction, and character building. This book has some real dark aspects and some scary bits. I think it would be a good book to have a discussion at the end of each chapter with a younger kid. You might get some fruitful discussions and open up and air out an malignant fears stirred up by the chapter.
47. Laura Ingalls Wilder "Little House on the Prairie"
From my reading as a kid I didn't remember how clearly the situation with the Indians was spelled out. During my reread I was quite surprised, both by how much the characters knew and how clearly things were spelled out for the reader. The way this book lays things out without preaching right or wrong is handled with grace and subtlety. There are implications here that most kids probably won't pick up on, but they will probably get the larger moral conflict as it plays out.
There is a good balance of exciting incidents, instruction, and character building. This book has some real dark aspects and some scary bits. I think it would be a good book to have a discussion at the end of each chapter with a younger kid. You might get some fruitful discussions and open up and air out an malignant fears stirred up by the chapter.
47. Laura Ingalls Wilder "Little House on the Prairie"
