A Farmer Boy Birthday (My First Little House) [Paperback]

Laura Ingalls Wilder (Author), Jody Wheeler (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: My First Little House

Now you can enjoy two more My First Little House picture books in paperback. In Sugar Snow, Laura is delighted when snow falls in early spring in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. A late snow helps the trees make sap for maple sugar, and maple sugar means sweet sugar cakes for Laura! In A Farmer Boy Birthday, Almanzo celebrates his special day by training his little calves and flying down the hill on his birthday sled. Full-color artwork by Doris Ettlinger and Jody Wheeler, inspired by Garth Williams's classic illustrations, brings Laura and Almanzo lovingly to life.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 in the log cabin described in Little House in the Big Woods. As her classic Little House books tell us, she and her family traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest. She and her husband, Almanzo Wilder, made their own covered-wagon trip with their daughter, Rose, to Mansfield, Missouri. There Laura wrote her story in the Little House books, and lived until she was ninety years old. For millions of readers, however, she lives forever as the little pioneer girl in the beloved Little House books.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (September 22, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064435709
• ISBN-13: 978-0064435703
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 8.6 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,032,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner for the series., July 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: A Farmer Boy Birthday (My First Little House) (Paperback)

This is another great story in the Little House series. This one is about Almanzo and his life on the farm when he was a young boy. The day begins like any other but ends with a special gift towards "man-hood" for his birthday. My pre-school children love all the Little House books, but this one is particularly loved and read over and over again. The story also teaches selflessness with a surprise at the end.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Farmer Boy Birthday Review, January 17, 2004

By 

Nancy K. Roudebush "Books Rock" (Kettering, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Farmer Boy Birthday (My First Little House) (Paperback)

This story reflects the way a birthday boy growing up on a farm in the late 1800's might celebrate his birthday. The editor has done an excellent job of taking a short story from within Laura Ingalls Wilder's original book FARMER BOY and making it a short story for youngsters. The pictures are appealing and the story stays focused. I wish the publishers would print another edition of the book. All the stories we have read from the "My First Little House Books" have been thoroughly enjoyed by my family. We often give copies as gifts to other children and we borrow the copies we can't get from the library.