Little House on the Prairie

I left the reserve to seek the house of my great-grandchild that I would soon pass the medicine bag onto. I left after his family and him had come for a visit and in that time I had not realized how lonely I had gotten by myself. So I set off for 3 reasons, the first was to find my only living family. The second was because it had become my time and I could feel myself getting weaker and weaker everyday. Finally, the third was to pass on the sacred family tradition of the medicine bag. During…

And of course, this is exactly what the Natives did. However, this proved to be a little more difficult than it sounded, not because of the two groups themselves, but because of the way they each trained their horses, one group training them to mount from the right and the other from the left. Thus a conflict ensues in which an Indian…

pioneering life and she excelled in her studies. Later on, she became a teacher and married Almanzo Wilder, who was nearly 10 years older than her. Through her life and her story, she has changed so many lives.But here's the question: how does a poor little “country girl” become a super successful award winning author? To answer this question, you must read on and hear her story. When Laura was born, she immediately…

animals and make sure they aren't kept in houses,…

were built from stone or brick and proclaimed fireproof. “Chicago was, in fact, a city of wood… The nearby forests of Michigan and Wisconsin made that material both inexpensive and easily obtainable.” Around two- thirds of Chicago’s building and houses were made of flammable wood. On October 8, 1871 a disastrous fire broke out, known as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It began at the O'Leary's barn, and rumors spread that the cause was the O'Leary's cow kicking over a lantern while Mrs. O’Leany…

mammalian population with around 4,600 species. Chipmunks, squirrels, beavers and prairie dogs are just some of the most popular rodent species native to the United States, playing an important role in forest and grassland preservation as they serve as a major food source for scavengers and predators like bobcats, foxes, hawks and wolves. Alas, not all rodents are helpful. If your home has ever been infested with house mice or rats, you know how much damage they can bring. Not only do these…

B. Jones an the Amelia Bedelia books. They both made me laugh a lot and where just a really good read. When I got into the third grade I began reading the Magic Tree House books, In which I fell in love with the mysterious books with a meaning behind them. Also in the third grade we began reading the series, Little House on A Prairie. Everyday after lunch the teacher would pick someone to sit infant of the whole class and read a chapter out of the book. I was always so excited to read to the…

head of the household. Typically in Western culture, and many other cultures, it is the other way around, as the man is considered the head of the house and the women and children are below him. In some aspects, Bruchac’s novel reminded me of Wilder’s children’s novel Little House on the Prairie, but for very different reasons. In Little House on the Prairie it is clear that the father is the head of the household, and his wife and children are forced to bend to his will unquestionably. It was…

I was in kentucky camping with my family on vacation, and each year, we try to climb a bluff. My dad brings the ropes and carabiners and we set out to find an (illegal) bluff to climb. The bluff we found was a little bigger, okay, a lot bigger than I was used to. Anyway, we set up and after a few brothers going, it was my turn to climb. As I climbed, I was shaking with adrenalin and fear, my heart pounding, hands clammy, and eyes on the top. I got to the top and…

outcomes that would help children grow. Ultimately, I believe that my mom was the one who made me love reading and writing. She always encouraged me to read just one more chapter or continue my various fictional stories I wrote every spare chance I got. Little Turtle Elementary School also played a role in my literate upbringing. Days that we went to the library and got to sit in the back room on the blocks of carpet, intently listening to whatever book Mrs. Grigsby was reading that particular…