Rereading Little Town on the Prairie, with Judith Kalb

We were delighted to welcome our first guest, Judith Kalb, to talk about Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little Town on the Prairie (1941), the seventh book in the beloved Little House series. Judy is, in addition to being Deborah's sister, a literature scholar and a lifelong Laura Ingalls Wilder fan.

Mentioned on this episode: 

Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Complete Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson 

Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

The Beautiful Snow: The Ingalls Family, the Railroads, and the Hard Winter of 1880-81 by Cindy Wilson

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim

A post on Little Town on the Prairie on the website American Indians in Children's Literature.

Recommended for Little House fans:

Judy: The rest of the series, especially These Happy Golden Years

Mary Grace: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Two are Better Than One and Louly by Carol Ryrie Brink

Deborah: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink.

You can find Deborah at deborahkalb.com and Mary Grace at My Life 100 Years Ago.  

This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.

Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com