#little house on the prairie

[oldshowbiz]

#nbc #snl #television logos #little house on the prairie

[haveyoureadthisseries-poll]

#tumblr polls #little house on the prairie #laura ingalls wilder

[angelunderheaven]

#dreamy #sweet 70s #1970s #70s aesthetic #retro #vintage coquette #vintage #vhs aesthetic #small town girl #small town america #little house on the prairie #lana del rey #lizzy grant #paradise edition #vintage americana #born to die #cinnamon girl #bambi doe #hell is a teenage girl #girlblogging #my post

[bloodandwhump]

Doctor Baker: But you'll mend fast. You'll be up and movin' around in a week, 10 days. Mr. Hanson: Yah, the rest will do you good. Charles: I can't spend a week in bed. I've got a lot of work to do. Mr. Hanson: You do what the Doc tells you! I will talk to O'Neil. Charles: It's not just stackin' the grain. I've got plowin' to do. I've got work in the barn. Doctor Baker: It will have to wait. I'll check back in a couple of days, Mrs Ingalls. Caroline: Thank you, Doctor. I'll see you out. Mr. Hanson: You stay in bed.

Little House On The Prairie S01E01 "A Harvest of Friends"

#western whump #vintage whump #whump community #little house on the prairie #lhotp #i made this gif #re-uploaded #LONG POST SORRY #i can't help it i just like it when the gifs are big

[best-childhood-book]

#best childhood book #poll #lux #black beauty #tuck everlasting #little house on the prairie #smile #arc of a scythe #maximum ride #from the mixed up files of mrs basil e frankweiler #wind in the willows #sabriel

[littlehouseontheprairerewatch]

#little house on the prairie #lhotp #little house rewatch #episode 1x20

[princesssarisa]

Some thoughts on "Little Women" and the "Little House" books

In the endless discussions by Little Women fans of the issue of "Jo vs. Amy," I've noticed a slight recurring theme, both when Amy's defenders discuss Jo and when certain Jo fans put Amy down. It's the idea that the books' narrative inherently favors Jo and is biased against Amy. That Jo is the character whom readers are clearly "supposed to identify with," as if Louisa May Alcott expected most of her young girl readers to be free-spirited, ambitious tomboys who struggle with gender expectations. And that Amy's portrayal is "negative," or at least that we're supposed to view her femininity and love of refinement as slightly silly and annoying.

Not too long ago, I found similar sentiments in an essay by a woman writing about her childhood experience of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books. She wrote that she never identified with spunky, tomboyish Laura, but as a girly girl and as an eldest daughter who felt pressured to be "the responsible one," she related more to Mary. Then she complained that the books seem to expect readers to identify with Laura, and that we're "not supposed to like Mary."

I'm not sure those claims ring true for either of these literary works.

Both Little Women and the Little House books are autobiographical. Louisa May Alcott based the March family on her own family and Jo on herself, while Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote explicitly about herself and her family without changing the names.

In Little Women, I don't feel as if Alcott expected readers to identify more with Jo than with the other three sisters. Yes, Jo gets the most emphasis of them all, but that's because Alcott personally identified with her. Likewise, in the Little House books, Laura is the protagonist because she was the author. It's only natural that she wrote about her childhood from her own viewpoint, not because she thought readers would relate more to her than to her sisters.

Nor do I think Little Women is overly biased against Amy. Is her portrayal complex, and does it reflect Alcott's complex relationship with her sister May? Yes. Does Alcott use Amy to make fun of May's childhood foibles? Yes. Does she make it clear that May often drove her crazy when they were young, and does her envy of May's charms and social life sometimes bleed through the text? Of course! But none of it seems really mean-spirited; her affection and respect for May also come through clearly. Besides, she's just as willing to use Jo's foibles to make fun of herself.

And in the Little House series, do we really think Wilder set out to insult the memory of her beloved and by then deceased sister Mary? Just because she was honest about their childhood sibling rivalry and made readers feel for her envy of her "perfect" sister doesn't mean she wanted the readers to dislike her.

Maybe I'm giving these authors too much benefit of the doubt. But "An author writes about her own family, makes herself the protagonist, and honestly portrays both her closeness and her sibling rivalry with a sister who was very different from herself" doesn't inherently mean "The author expects all readers to identify with her self-insert and dislike her sister."

#little women #little house on the prairie #the little house books #louisa may alcott #jo march #may alcott nieriker #amy march #laura ingalls wilder #mary ingalls

[kryzobi-wan]

I love my favorite classic show

#was too lazy to edit grogu in a bonnet and dress #star wars #mandalorian #mandalorian spoilers #little house on the prairie #grogu #din grogu #din djarin

[fictionadventurer]

It makes me sad to think that if Farmer Boy somehow did get an adaptation, there's almost no way it could include the bullwhip scene. Because that's the best scene! The build-up of tension! The intense dread! And then the moment of triumph as justice is served and good prevails! It's a classic dragon-slaying moment that aligns with every child's innate sense of justice, but unfortunately, most modern minds would just see "teacher bull-whipping students in the classroom" and decide it's too immoral to show.

Which is terrible, because even from an adult perspective, this moment is so wild that you almost have to have it for the sheer insanity of the historical moment. These students literally killed the last teacher and no one has done anything about it! They just keep sending these kids to school! Someone had to do something drastic! Mr. Corse is acting out of sheer self-defense! And it's awesome to see these boys get what is coming to them! To see their smug superiority smashed so thoroughly that they're jumping out the windows to get away from the guy they planned to beat within an inch of his life (or beyond).

But that context would probably be a lot harder to convey on-screen, and a lot gorier as a movie than as words on a page. But it's still disappointing to envision a version of the story that lacks one of the most insane moments in all of children's literature.

#farmer boy #laura ingalls wilder #little house on the prairie #books

[hockey-and-timbits]

 If I had a remembrance book, I would mark down how it was when we left our little house in the big woods to go west to Indian Territory. We had to go, Pa said, because so many people had come to live in the big woods, there wasn't enough game anymore for him to hunt and he feared we might go hungry. Ma said we might never again see Grandma and Grandpa, or Aunt Docia and Aunt Ruby and Uncle George. Though it made me sad, I still thought it a fine thing to go where there had never been a road before. We'd go where the land was more bountiful, he said, and he sold our house and land and cow, and packed whatever would fit in the wagon. I was glad Pa took his fiddle, for it makes a joysome sound. Mary was afraid to go, but I knew nothing bad could happen as long as we had Pa and Jack. Jack is my best and truest friend and Pa says there has never been a better watchdog. I knew there would be rivers to cross and hills to climb, and I was glad, for this is a fair land and I rejoiced that I would see it.

—Laura Ingalls, Little House on the Prairie, "Pilot"

#Little House on the Prairie #1.00 Pilot (Little House on the Prairie) #Laura Ingalls #Charles Ingalls #Caroline Ingalls #Mary Ingalls #Carrie Ingalls #Jack Ingalls #Melissa Gilbert #Melissa Sue Anderson #Michael Landon #Karen Grassle #Sidney Greenbush #Lindsay Greenbush

[anakintwinkletoes]

✨ Christian Homeschooled Kid Aesthetic™ ✨

#homeschool #homeschooled kid #christian kid #growing up christian #growing up homeschooled #nostalgia #christian kid nostalgia #adventures in odyssey #andy griffith #chickfila #awana #abeka books #veggie tales #little house on the prairie #weird kid #pick me girl #not like other girls #evangelical aesthetic #only the real ones know

[c-nan]

i had to

#one hit after another #just watched an ep where her father in law dies and the money he donated to rebuild the blind school (which burnt down with her child in it) #vanishes due to his debt #anywayyyyyy #mary ingalls #little house on the prairie

[avonlea71]

Laura and Almanzo.

#laura ingalls #almanzo wilder #little house on the prairie

[sophiebernadotte]

One of my goals for 2024 is to get more people involved in Fandom. I love the communities here on Tumblr & there are so many great & clever people on here who carry so much knowledge. However, that knowledge can & should be shared - at least in my opinion - & an easy way to do that is to get involved on Fandom & their wikis.

Now, I promise, it's not intimidating - if you can create & edit a Tumblr post, you can edit articles & pages on a wiki. Here, you can find an easy step-by-step guide on how to get started with contributing, but you can also message me & maybe I can help guide you through any question marks.

For this first post, I want to highlight some wikis dedicated to children's literature that need some help & love from their fans:

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - the pages linked here need to be expanded, so if you know something, don't be shy :)

Amelia's Notebooks - the pages linked here need to be expanded

The Blackwell Pages - all pages need to be expanded on

Bone - the pages linked here need to be expanded

Boxcar Children - links need to be added to these pages

Children of the Lamp - the pages linked here need to be expanded

Charlie Bone/The Children of the Red King - all pages need to be expanded on

The Chrestomanci Series - links need to be added to these pages

Emily of New Moon - the pages linked here need to be expanded

Endling - links need to be added to these pages

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The Green Ember - the pages linked here need to be expanded

Howl's Moving Castle - all pages need to be expanded on

Jumanji - links need to be added to these pages

Little House on the Prairie - add links from IMDb, TV.com & TV Guide to each episode's page, plus the complete cast & crew for each episode

The Magic Thief - all pages need to be expanded on

The Magic Tree House - links need to be added to these pages

The Magisterium - the pages linked here need to be expanded

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - the pages linked here need to be expanded

Night Speakers - the pages linked here need to be expanded

Ruby Redfort - the pages linked here need to be expanded

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The School for Good and Evil - links need to be added to these pages

Septimus Heap - the pages linked here need to be expanded

The Sisters 8 - all pages need to be expanded on

The Three Investigators - links need to be added to these pages

Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn - all pages need to be expanded on

The Underland Cyclopedia - the pages linked here need to be expanded

The Unwanteds Series - links need to be added to these pages

Warhorse - all pages need to be expanded on

Wonder - pages for the cast and crew of the Wonder film need to be added

Zathura - all pages need to be expanded on

Now, this is quite an extensive list, but if your favourite book or series isn't mentioned here, I suggest checking out the literature page, the book club or go to this page & simply search for your favourite book/series/author.

To repeat what I said at the beginning of this post, there is a step-by-step guide on how to start contributing, but don't be shy to message me if you have any questions :)

#saga's fandom project #literature #childrens books #ya books #alice in wonderland #blackwell series #the boxcar children #charlie bone #chrestomanci #emily of new moon #endling #the green ember #howls moving castle #jumanji #little house on the prairie #the magic thief #the magic treehouse #magisterium #miss peregrines home for peculiar children #ruby redfort #the school for good and evil #septimus heap #three investigators #tom sawyer #huckleberry finn #underland chronicles #the unwanteds #war horse #zathura

[fuckedmesogood]

i love how occasionally little house on the prairie becomes the darkest show i’ve ever watched

#little house on the prairie

[bitsbobsbooks]

What your favorite book series as a child says about you

The Little House on the Prairie: you love cottagecore, are a plant mom, and possibly have a thing for older men.

The Chronicles of Narnia: you are still chasing the high that these books gave you. If you were religious when you read them, you still are and it's because of these books. If you weren't, then you're a queer atheist who hates to love these books.

Warriors: You're either clinically insane or somehow turned out normal.

City of Ember: You are really disappointed that nobody talks about these books anymore. You love a good conspiracy theory.

Percy Jackson: To this day you are still obsessed with the Greek gods.

#bookish #reading #childhood #little house on the prairie #narnia #warrior cats #city of ember #percy jackson