The Little House On The Prairie By Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Laura Ingalls Wilder likes to read and write. Another thing she likes to do is make books. She was the one who made the book series The Little House on the Prairie. Her series had nine books about two little girls and her family living on a prairie. Her connection to MIssouri was that she lived in Missouri when she was a little girl. That is where she published the book series The Little House on the Prairie. Childhood
This paragraph is about when Laura was born and her childhood. Laura Ingalls Wilder was born February 7th, 1867, in Pepin Wisconsin. Her parent’s names were Caroline and Charles Ingalls. Laura also had a few siblings. Her siblings were Elizabeth, Mary, Carrie and

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