I’m reading through the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder with my six year old, Betsy-Bee. I found this great website with lists of all the books and all the spin-off books and teaching resources and other educational helps. Right now we’re just reading, but we may use some of the materials available on the web. We just finished Farmer Boy, about the childhood of Almanzo, Laura’s future husband, and now we’re going to start reading By the Shores of Silver Lake.. See you later.

Oh, my, I didn’t remember it, but By the Shores of Silver Lake begins with tragedy and difficulties for the Wilder family. Mary is blind as a result of scarlet fever, and their old bulldog Jack dies of old age. Karate Kid asked sadly, “Why did they have to make him die?”