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Little House in Brookfield (The Caroline Years, Bk 1)

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This is a wonderful story about Caroline Quiner--Laura's ma. Starting in her young childhood, it offers an absorbing and substantial but child's-eye view of what being poor and without your father is like: lonliness, fear, patched clothing, cornmeal pudding for breakfast, penny-pinching. But there is also joy and hope, and the close-knit family laughs and loves as they raise crops and take care of their hens and hogs. I loved it!

Imagine getting up every morning at the crack of dawn to a day full of chores and work. This is the life that Caroline Quiner knows. She is in charge of checking to see if the corn is ripe, feeding the chickens, collecting eggs, working on her sampler, and many other jobs. Although her life is full of hard work, she and her siblings Martha, Henry, Joseph, and Eliza still manage to have fun. They love playing games outside, especialy fox and geese, which they play in the snow.
Snow, however, is just the thing the Quiners are dreading. Many of their vetables were killed by an early frost, and their isn't much flour left in the house.The Quiners are determined to survive the winter though, and nothing is going to get them down!
I enjoyed reading this book because it was realistic and the description was great. It was interesting to read about Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother. If I could change one thing from the book, it would be to make it longer!

I really think that this book was great. You can get deeply into it, and it is intersting. It is also fun to read. Caroline Quiner, the main character in this book, struggles to help her mother all that she can. Her older sister, Martha, is a tomboy, and all the time wants to be with Caroline's older brothers, Joseph and Henry. Caroline has a younger sister and a younger brother, Eliza and Thomas. This book is absalutly excellent.

I loved "Little House in Brookfield," talking about the struggles and the hardships as well as the joys and the triumphs of frontier farm life. I only wish Caroline could come to life. Was she really like that? I can understand as an adult, but to me, it seemed like (and I know it sounds stupid) it wasn't Caroline in the book, it was Ma. I liked it when Caroline showed a little spark with her sister. Other than that, the book was well-written and great. I LOVED Martha. She's awesome! Overall, this book is, though not as classic as Laura and Rose, one that is fun to read.

in this book,Caroline starts out as a young girl of 5 years. her father died, and caroline and her family have to struggle without him. one day, a big storm wipes out nearly all their crops! this was a great book is because Wilkes describes life back then so well, you feel like you're actually there.

After having read all the original Laura's Little House books, and having finished with the Martha and the Charlotte books, I have now turned to the Caroline books. It is wonderful as usual! I loved it! Though I like better to read of the older years of the Little House girls and Caroline here is 5-6 years old, it is still very interesting to see how they live out there in 1845. Caroline's childhood is very different from her grandmother's, mother's and daughter's childhoods because she has no father and her widowed mother tries to run the farm alone. The children all help her as much as they can, and this makes little Caroline seem much older than she really is. I look forward to continue reading about Caroline.

I love all these books. They are good entertainment. Good clean entertainment.

Caroline showed a lot of heart with her sister like Laura did with Mary when they grew up. I like the way Caroline, like Laura, took charge. These books, like the ones that are about Laura make the country side come to life. The travel and the covered wagons are made to sound like a lot of fun.

I found this book very interesting. It is very well written and like Laura, and Roger did, it put me in Caroline's place. It is a wonderful book, so don't miss your chance to read it.

A heart warming story of a little girl and her family living in the early 1800's without the father. Based on actual accounts from written diaries, the authour introduces us into the life of Caroline Lake Quiner Ingalls as a little girl. The family's hardships are illustrated as well as the secret feelings and emotions that a little girl feels when dealing with stained, worn hand-me-downs; shoes with holes that pinch your toes; forgotten birthdays; empty tummies and bitter cold. An enjoyable, consuming, well written book that will be enjoyed by readers of any age.