By the Shores of Silver Lake
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Classic tales by Laura Ingalls Wilder about life on the frontier and America’s best-loved pioneer family.
It is time for Laura Ingalls and her family to leave Plum Creek after two poor harvests and an outbreak of scarlet fever, which has left her sister Mary blind. Pa Ingalls finds a job on a new railroad and the family head out West to Silver Lake.
Settling in to Silver Lake, Pa finds the perfect place to build a house and it seems as though the Ingalls’ travelling days may be over.
The timeless stories that inspired a TV series can now be read by a new generation of children. Readers who loved Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, and Heidi will be swept up by this timeless rural coming of age saga. Perfect escapism for readers aged 8+. Beautifully illustrated by Garth Williams.
Have you collected all the Little House books?
Little House in the Big Woods
Little House on the Prairie
On the Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake
The Long Winter
Little Town on the Prairie
These Happy Golden Years
Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in Wisconsin in 1867. She recorded her adventurous nomadic childhood with her pioneer family in a collection of books that have become beloved classics of American literature. The Little House on the Prairie television series ran for 9 seasons from 1974-1983.
Reviews
This book was also quite amusing and very enjoyable to read. My favorite character was Mary because in this particular book she becomes blind but even though she had a disability, she can still do all the things sighted people can do with a little extra help. My favorite part was when Laura and Mary lost their baby sister Carrie and they had to go looking for her. Laura found her in a fairy circle. I also like when Laura and Mary get covered in snow in the middle of the night. I love reading about when Pa builds houses because it’s quite fun to hear about how they made them in the old days. I really recommend this book to anyone who loves old timey books.
Coach Mildred Wheeliebin 19.08.2024
I loved this autobiography. It was fascinating reading the process of building the railroad in those days. Laura lived in an exciting time! I would recommend it to everybody.
Marshal Ice-T Remmington 01.08.2022
Such a beautiful book
Lady Peaches Costa-Rica 01.09.2021
I thought that this book was a very nice and gentle book. I liked Pa in the book because he was always jolly and always had a positive attitude to everything even when there were big blizzards and there was grasshopper weather so the harvest failed.I would recommend it to people over the age of seven as some of the words are a bit confusing.
Dame Bubbles Pumpernickel 24.07.2021
It is interesting because there is no blurb so it is a mystery when you read it.
Anonymous 11.07.2021
Really interesting take on the coming of the railways in late 19th century USA, from young girl's viewpoint. Contrasts a lot with the earlier books.
Anonymous 07.12.2020
My favourite was all of them. They also got to see lots of animals :-)
Madam Flossy Satellite 21.08.2020
I loved this book as it was fun reading about Laura and her family experiencing new events. My favourite character is Mrs Boast as she is cheerful and very generous.
Anonymous 23.07.2020
I love the adventures that they have and my favourite character is Laura!
Empress Honeycomb Pawprint 02.01.2019
