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Going West (My First Little House)

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This beautifully illustrated book nicely sums up "Little House in the Big Woods." The drawings are faithful in spirit to Garth Williams' originals, as the text is to Wilder's writing. For example, one page reads something like, one winter's night Pa told Ma he was taking the family out west. Definitely not PC for a husband to tell a wife what to do, but that's what Wilder wrote and that's what the author summarizes.

My daughter is two and I thought I would have to wait many years to share the Little House series with her. I'm glad to have this book to help us bide our time! She loves it, and this is one book I will happily read over and over to her.

I like this book Going West.

This book had the text adapted from Little House on the Prairie.

The family were Charles Ingalls the dad, her mom, Laura, Lauras sister Mary, Her baby sister Carrie & their good old bulldog named Jack.

So one long winter evening Pa tells Ma that he would take the family to live in the west. In the west there were not as many people, no trees, and the grass always grew thick and high.
So Pa sells the little house in the big woods and he sells the cow and calf too.
So the family has a long journey ahead of them.
So at the end of the book they find their way to another little house, a little house on the Western prairie.

This is a great book and I love it.

I hope everybody enjoys it.

This makes me think of being a cowboy on the west and have a western prairie in Calgary, Alberta.

I am currently reading the original Little House on the Praire to my son and he was so excited to discover that there were versions of the story he could read himself! Going West is based on the first chapter of Little House on the Prairie (each of the "my first" books is based on a specific chapter from either Little House on the Prairie, Little House in the Big Woods or Farmer Boy). My son was delighted to recognize details from the original story in "his" version. The events, and sometimes the exact text itself, come directly from the bigger books. These books made good easy readers for my son because the story was familiar and the illustrations provide many details. They were perfect for my son who isn't quite ready for chapter books, but wants to read an interesting story. Now he wants to collect the whole set!!!

Going West, an adaptation from the Little House on the Prarie classic series, will delight children and peak their interest in Pioneering life. The illustrations capture the attention and imagination of young children, whetting their appetite for more.

With Pa leading the family to the West, boys will enjoy these classic tales as much as girls do. Travel with the Ingall's family as they prepare a covered wagon and head toward the Western Prairie.

I was thrilled to learn that the Little House books were available in a version that my 5 year old could read and couldn't wait to receive them. I opened the package and was completely surprised with how well they are written and how close they are to the real thing. The illustrations are wonderful. There is no doubt in my mind that my daughter will love them.

This preschool-level Little House story tells of when Laura and her family leave their little house made of logs in the Big Woods, and head out in a covered wagon to a new home. The book is short and bittersweet. The illustrations are lovely, and I get a lump in my throat when I read about the family saying goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa, Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. This book is best when you are already familiar with Laura, Mary, Carrie, Ma, Pa and their good old bulldog Jack from the other My First Little House books. And you'll have to get the follow up books Prairie Day and A Little Prairie House so you'll know what happens to the family next.

We've been reading the entire series of these books since our daughter's 4th birthday (September 2009). They are very simple and sweet and could be good "first reading books" once she gets there. The times are slower, simpler and way more austere (Laura and Mary share a tin cup and Laura gets her only doll for Christmas) and we use the stories to discuss how different life is now. Beautiful illustrations as well. My husband and I can't wait to start reading the "chapter books" to our daughter.