Free These Happy Golden Years (Little House Book 8) Ebooks Online
The eighth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor—now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams's classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim shanty twelve miles from home. She is very homesick, but she knows that her earnings can help pay for her sister Mary's tuition at the college for the blind. Only one thing gets her through the lonely weeks—every weekend, Almanzo Wilder arrives at the school to take Laura home for a visit. Friendship soon turns to love for Laura and Almanzo.The nine Little House books are inspired by Laura's own childhood and have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories.Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts
File Size: 48291 KB
Print Length: 308 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0064400085
Publisher: HarperCollins (March 8, 2016)
Publication Date: March 8, 2016
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
Language: English
ASIN: B01C2NNWR0
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #19,037 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > United States > 1800s #9 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Family Life > Multigenerational #22 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > United States > 1800s
I read this series in my early teens. I enjoyed the latter books more because as Laura ages the language advances, so I found the earlier books (especially Little House) boring (but appreciated later). However, the latter books are still my favorite. I found Happy Golden Years sad because at the time I thought that was all I would ever know about Laura's life, that the rest would be a mystery, but I later found The First Four Years and then biographies as well as her own writings depicting events in her adult life (I especially like Little House in the Ozarks). But even though I now know that Laura went on to have a long and happy life (not without hardship), the Happy Golden Years is still sad. This series focused on this wonderful tight-knit family that experienced joy as well as heartache, and now the family is breaking up. It started when Mary left for college in Little Town on the Prairie. She is missed but when she returns for a visit there's the beginning of the realization for Laura that this life she's had, this family she loves, will change and she will eventually leave. It's something she is not comfortable with- it is hard for her to imagine doing anything other than remaining single and staying with her family, teaching school, but as the book progresses so does her realization of change, which becomes acceptance and hope. I love the writing style- it is simple and honest like the lives of the characters. I couldn't help but feel the joy that Laura felt to be at home with her family, the dread with which she faced her first teaching assignment. The warmth on the weekends contrasting with the chill away from home at that horrible teaching assignment.
These Happy Golden Years (Little House Book 8) These Happy Golden Years (Little House) These Happy Golden Years CD (Little House) My Little House Crafts Book: 18 Projects from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House Stories (Little House Nonfiction) Little House 5-Book Collection: Little House in the Big Woods, Farmer Boy, Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander The Star Wars Little Golden Book Library (Star Wars) (Little Golden Book: Star Wars) Star Wars: I Am a...Little Golden Book Library (Star Wars) (Little Golden Books) Tiny Houses: Tiny House Plans, Woodworking on a Tiny House and Living Mortgage Free (Tiny Houses, Tiny House Living, Tiny House Plans, Small Homes, Woodworking Book 1) Golden Age: Invest in Gold and Silver to Have A Happy Golden Age Golden Legacy: The Story of Golden Books (Deluxe Golden Book) The Happy Man and His Dump Truck (Little Golden Book) A Little House Birthday (Little House Picture Book) Little House Coloring Book (Little House Merchandise) A Little Prairie House (Little House Picture Book) The Golden Egg Book (Big Little Golden Book) The World of Little House (Little House Nonfiction) Little House on Rocky Ridge (Little House Sequel) Little House on the Prairie (Little House, No 3) These High, Green Hills: The Mitford Years, Book 3
