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Little House on the Prairie — Multiple Authors
Little House on the Prairie Series in Order: 71 books
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Little House in the Big Woods
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Wolves and panthers and bears roamed the deep Wisconsin woods in the 1860's. But Pa Ingalls preferred to live miles from his nearest neighbors. Pa built a snug log cabin for Ma and his three daughters, Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie. He hunted and tr...
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Farmer Boy
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Ten years in the future, Laura Ingalls will marry Almanzo in the town of De Smet, South Dakota. But now, Almanzo is miles away, growing up with his brother and sisters on his father's farm in New York. Almanzo's chores get him up at dawn and keep ...
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Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Big Woods was getting too crowded. So Pa sold the little log house and built a covered wagon. They were moving to Indian country! They traveled all the way from Wisconsin to Oklahoma, and there Pa built the little house on the prairie. All year ...
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On the Banks Of Plum Creek
Laura Ingalls Wilder
At first, the Ingalls lived in a sod house in Minnesota. Then Pa built a clean new house beside Plum Creek, buying the materials for it on credit, intending to pay for them with the fall wheat harvest. But just before the harvest, a strange glitterin...
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By the Shores Of Silver Lake
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Ingalls family had fared badly in Plum Creek, Minnesota. They were in debt. Mary was blind now. So Pa went West to work at a railroad camp in Dakota Territory where he could make as much as fifty dollars a month! Then he sent for his wife and fou...
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The Long Winter
Laura Ingalls Wilder
On the empty winter prairie, gray clouds to the northwest meant only one thing: a blizzard was seconds away. The first blizzard came in October. It snowed almost without stopping until April. The temperature dropped to forty below. Snow reached the r...
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Little Town on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The long hard winter was over. The people of De Smet, South Dakota, came outdoors and began to live again. They held church socials, dances, and "literaries." In the summer, Laura took a grueling job -- making shirts, through long hard hours. She wan...
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These Happy Golden Years
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura, not yet sixteen, takes a job teaching school in a drafty shanty twelve miles from home. It's a terrifying job. Most of her pupils are taller than she is -- and she has to board with a hateful, crazed lady. Laura is miserable, but she must help...
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On the Way Home
Laura Ingalls Wilder
In 1894 Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband Almanzo and their seven-year-old daughter Rose left their drought-stricken farm in South Dakota and traveled to a new farm -- and a new beginning -- in the Ozarks. In this extraordinary diary Mrs. Wilder desc...
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The First Four Years
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura and Manly Wilder begin married life on their small prairie homestead with high hopes. The beautiful prairie world seems like a paradise; there are wildflowers in spring, wild geese in autumn, pony rides, and warm times together. But each year b...
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West from Home
Laura Ingalls Wilder
This fascinating firsthand account of life and travel in the early twentieth century includes 24 pages of photographs.
"It is like a fairyland." So Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the beloved Little House series, described her 1915 voyage to...
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Missouri Homestead
T.L. Tedrow
It's 1884, and after devastating losses in South Dakota, Laura, Manly, and little Rose head East to Mansfield, Missouri, in search of a new beginning......
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The World's Fair
T.L. Tedrow
When Laura is assigned to report on the St. Louis World's Fair, she jumps at the opportunity to also write about The Third Olympic Games taking place in St. Louis. Incensed by the bizarre side-show events taking place at the Games, Laura confronts th...
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Mountain Miracle
T.L. Tedrow
Laura meets Josie, an eccentric old woman living in the mountains who is an herbalist and nature lover. Josie's strange and wonderful ways are viewed with suspicion by the townspeople, but Laura is determined to convince them to open their hearts and...
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The Great Debate
T.L. Tedrow
It's the turn of the century and women still don't have the right to vote -- and the town of Mansfield is divided over the issue. As the county's top attorney prepares to debate the women's rights leader, Ellen Boyle, on a woman's right to vote, some...
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Little House on Rocky Ridge
Roger Lea MacBride
The journey continues. . . . Once a long time ago a little girl named Laura Ingalls lived in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, in a little house made of logs. She grew up and wrote nine books about her childhood -- the famous Little House stories. Laura h...
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Little Farm in the Ozarks
Roger Lea MacBride
Meet Rose Wilder . . . . . . the last of the Little House girls. Going fishing for the first time, starting in a new school, saving the farmhouse from a fire--these are the elements of young Rose Wilder's first year at Rocky Ridge Farm. She has move...
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A Little House Christmas Holiday
Laura Ingalls Wilder
In her beloved Little House books, Laura Ingalls Wilder describes some of the Christmases she and her family celebrate on the frontier. Even if they don't have much money for presents, they always have one another, and that's enough to make any Ch...
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In the Land of the Big Red Apple
Roger Lea MacBride
Meet Rose Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, and the last of the Little House Girls. Rose is turning nine years old, and it's an exciting time on Rocky Ridge Farm. The Wilders have settled into their new home in the Ozarks, and Rose is helping...
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Little House Sampler
Laura Ingalls Wilder
For everyone who loves the Little House books-a reissue of a charming collection of early stories and reminiscences by Laura Ingalls Wilder, along with essays and writings from her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, who was an award-winning writer.
This ...
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On the Other Side of the Hill
Roger Lea MacBride
Pioneer for a New Century Meet Rose Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, and the last of the Little House girls. First a tremendous cyclone shakes Rocky Ridge farmhouse. Then a long drought and a terrible fire invade the little farm in the Ozar...
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Little House in Brookfield
Maria D. Wilkes
Spirit of the Western Frontier Meet Caroline Quiner, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother. It's 1845 in the bustling frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin. Five-year-old Caroline lives in a frame house at the e...
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Little Town in the Ozarks
Roger Lea MacBride
Meet Rose Wilder... ...the last of the Little House girls. Hard times at Rocky Ridge Farm force Rose and her family to move into the little town of Mansfield, and Rose wonders how she will ever survive. In town everything seems so different. Noisy tr...
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The Adventures of Laura and Jack
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura's best friend, Jack! Laura and her bulldog, Jack, shared one exciting adventure after another growing up together on the wild frontier! ...
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Pioneer Sisters
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mischief and adventure for three young pioneer sisters! Little Laura Ingalls's childhood comes to life here through the adventures she shared with her best friends -- her pioneer sisters! Gentle adaptations of Laura Ingalls Wilder's original Li...
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School Days
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Come to school with Laura! School was always exciting for Laura Ingalls and her sisters. Laura knew that learning could be fun and that there would be many new friends to play with at recess! ...
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Animal Adventures
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Join Laura's animal adventures! Laura Ingalls and her family were always surrounded by wild animals. From bears and deer to badgers and panthers, Laura always managed to find herself caught up in some kind of adventure! ...
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Little Town at the Crossroads
Maria D. Wilkes
Spirit of the Western Frontier Meet Caroline Quiner, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother. Caroline watches eagerly as buildings spring up overnight and more and more families move into the growing town of Brook...
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New Dawn on Rocky Ridge
Roger Lea MacBride
Meet Rose Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, and the last of the Little House girls. Rose and her family are still living in the little town of Mansfield, where they are doing their best to get back on their feet and return to Rocky Ridge Fa...
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Laura & Nellie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls and Nellie Oleson are classmates, but they don’t get along. Join the original pioneer girl in this Little House chapter book, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved classics. Illustrated with beautiful new black-and-...
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Little Clearing in the Woods
Maria D. Wilkes
Spirit of the Western Frontier Meet Caroline Quiner, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother. Caroline and her family are leaving the little town of Brookfield and moving to a new house in a clearing among the big ...
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Hard Times on the Prairie
Laura Ingalls Wilder
From summer floods to winter blizzards, frontier life isn't easy for Laura Ingalls and her family.But with their pioneer spirit, Laura's family always makes it through the hardest times.
Gentle adaptations of Laura Ingalls Wilder's celebrated L... -
Little House Farm Days
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Gentle adaptations of Laura Ingalls Wilder's celebrated Little House stories have been gathered together here in two new titles in our Little House Chapter Book series.Frontier life wasn't always easy, and in Hard Times on the Prairie, Laura and her ...
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Christmas Stories
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Gentle adaptations of Laura Ingalls Wilder's celebrated Little House stories have been gathered together here in two new titles in our Little House Chapter Book series. In Christmas Stories, join Laura and her family for some pioneer Christmas celebr...
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On the Banks of the Bayou
Roger Lea MacBride
Pioneer for a New Century Meet Rose Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, and the last of the Little House girls. Rose is leaving Rocky Ridge Farm and moving to Louisiana to finish high school and live with her aunt Eliza Jane. In a city br...
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Little House Friends
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura and her family and friends share a series of adventures, from racing ponies with Cousin Lena to bobsled rides with Cap Garland and the gang . . . and even mean old Nellie Oleson cannot spoil their fun! Simultaneous....
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Little House in the Highlands
Melissa Wiley
Meet Martha... . . . the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's great-grandmother. It's 1788, and six-year-old Martha lives in a little stone house in Glencaraid, Scotland. Martha's father is Laird Glencaraid, and the life of a l...
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Laura's Ma
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura's Ma
Laura Ingalls knows her Ma can do anything! Ma can make butter from scratch and braid hats out of straw. Best of all, no matter where Laura's family settles on the frontier, Ma always makes their little hou...
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Little House by Boston Bay
Melissa Wiley
It's 1814 and Charlotte lives just outside the city of Boston. She always has something to look forward to -- tending Mama's garden, visiting Papa's blacksmith shop, and embarking on her very own Scottish adventure!
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Little House Parties
Laura Ingalls Wilder
From the maple syrup party at her grandpa's house in the Big Woods in Wisconsin to parties with her school friends in Plum Creek and her first co-ed party in De Smet, Dakota Territory, Laura enjoys all kinds of gatherings. Simultaneous....
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Bachelor Girl
Roger Lea MacBride
Pioneer for the New Century Meet Rose Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, and the last of the Little House girls. Rose is leaving Rocky Ridge Farm for good. She heads off for San Francisco to join the growing ranks of "bachelor girls": young w...
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Brookfield Days
Maria D. Wilkes
It's 1845, and Caroline Quiner lives in a little frame house in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin. Each day brings new adventures for Caroline as she helps Mother, Grandma, and her five brothers and sisters run the family farm.
The ...
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Missouri Bound
Roger Lea MacBride
It's 1894, and Rose Wilder, her mama, and her papa are packing up their covered wagon and leaving the prairie. Rose hates to say good-bye to Grandma and Grandpa, but she can't wait to start her new life in Missouri!
The Rose Chapter Books ar...
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Rose at Rocky Ridge
Roger Lea MacBride
Rose Wilder, Mama, and Papa have just arrived in Missouri. Now it's time to set up their new little farm, and Rose gets to help!
The Rose Chapter Books are part of an ongoing series of Little House Chapter Books.
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The Far Side of the Loch
Melissa Wiley
The Little House books have captivated millions of readers with their story of Laura Ingalls, a pioneer girl-growing up on the American frontier. Now travel back three generations before Laura's and read the story of Martha Morse, the little girl ...
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Rose & Alva
Roger Lea MacBride
Rose & Alva
Rose Wilder is lonely on the family farm--until she meets Alva Stubbins. From catching crawdads to exploring caves to picking pokeweed, Rose and Alva have all kinds of Ozark adventures!
The Rose Chapter Boo...
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The Adventures of Rose & Swiney
Roger Lea MacBride
When Rose Wilder's papa catches Swiney stealing eggs, Rose doesn't think they'll ever be friends. But soon she finds herself spending more and more time with Swiney...
The Rose Chapter Books are part of an ongoing series of Little House Chapter B...
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Brookfield Friends
Maria D. Wilkes
From spending time with jolly Mr. Carpenter to celebrating with the whole town at a Maple Frolic, Caroline Quiner and her family have great times with their Brookfield friends!
The Caroline Chapter Books are part of an ongoing series of Little Ho...
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On Top of Concord Hill
Maria D. Wilkes
Spirit of the Western Frontier Meet Caroline Quiner, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother. Caroline and her family are getting settled in their new little house deep in the big woods of Concord, Wisconsin. There...
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A New Little Cabin
Maria D. Wilkes
A New Little Cabin
Caroline Quiner and her family must move to a new log cabin in Concord, Wisconsin. Will Caroline like her new home as much as she liked her little house in Brookfield?
The Caroline Chapter Books are pa...
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On Tide Mill Lane
Melissa Wiley
Boston's Little House Girl
Meet Charlotte Tucker, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's grandmother.
Winter is coming, and Charlotte's days are filled with cornhusking and candle dipping and help...
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Down to the Bonny Glen
Melissa Wiley
Martha is frustrated because Mum has said she's too old to be playing on the moors now, and she must have a governess.First there's Miss Norrie. All she must to do is teach Martha sewing and etiquette. But Martha's high spirits are too much for he...
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Across the Rolling River
Celia Wilkins
Spirit of the Western Frontier Meet Caroline Quiner, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother. The little town of Concord, Wisconsin, is bustling with new settlers from the East. Caroline is now eleven years old, and sh...
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The Road from Roxbury
Melissa Wiley
Meet Charlotte Tucker, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's grandmother.The war of 1812 is over, and Charlotte thinks life in Roxbury is back to normal. Will and Lucy have moved in with her family, and Charlotte adores looki...
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Beyond the Heather Hills
Melissa Wiley
In this fourth book in the Martha Years series, ten-year-old Martha journeys to the bustling city of Perth to visit her newly married sister Grisie.
This is Martha′s first time beyond the familiar heather hills and this city on the River ...
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Little City by the Lake
Celia Wilkins
Spirit of the Western FrontierFifteen-year-old Caroline is leaving her Concord home for the first time to live with her aunt and uncle in Milwaukee, where she will attend Milwaukee Female College. At first, Caroline is frightened by the big, bustling...
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Across the Puddingstone Dam
Melissa Wiley
Boston's Little House Girl
Meet Charlotte Tucker, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's grandmother.
Eleven-year-old Charlotte can't imagine living anywhere but Tide Mill Lane. She is delighted when a school for young...
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Little House of Their Own
Celia Wilkins
The Little House books have captivated millions of readers with their story of Laura Ingalls, a pioneer girl growing up on the American frontier. Now travel back to the generation before Laura's and read the story of Caroline Quiner, the girl who wou...
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Old Town in the Green Groves
Cynthia Rylant
For the first time since they left the Big Woods of Wisconsin, the Ingalls family is halted in their westward trek when Pa is forced to find work in a hotel in Burr Oak, Iowa. If they can save enough money, they'll continue searching for a new pla...
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Mary Ingalls On Her Own
Elizabeth Kimmel Willard
Mary Ingalls lost her sight after a devastating bout of scarlet fever. Now Mary has the opportunity to attend the Iowa College for the Blind, where she will get a fresh start with her education and can learn the skills she needs for an independent fu...
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A Little House Traveler
Laura Ingalls Wilder
By the mid-1930s Laura Ingalls Wilder's journeys had taken her from Wisconsin to South Dakota, from Missouri to California and back again. She had traveled by wagon, by train, and by car; alone, with her husband, and with her daughter. She had watche...
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Farmer Boy Goes West
Heather Williams
Little House Big Adventure Almanzo Wilder is going west! He and his family are moving all the way from their cozy farm in Malone, New York, to the bustling town of Spring Valley, Minnesota. Almanzo can't wait to explore, but life in Spring Vall...
Series Premise
The core premise traces the Ingalls and Wilder family lines backward and forward in time. The Martha Years and Charlotte Years follow Laura’s great-grandmother and grandmother, depicting their childhoods in Scotland and early America. The Caroline Years focus on Laura’s mother, Caroline Quiner, as a young girl growing up in Wisconsin. The Rose Years (sometimes called the Rocky Ridge Years), written by Roger Lea MacBride, center on Laura’s only daughter, Rose, as she grows up on the family farm in the Ozarks of Missouri and later ventures into the wider world. Together, these stories create a rich tapestry of family history, showing how the same values of hard work, family loyalty, and adaptability passed down through generations amid changing times—from rugged frontier existence to early 20th-century rural life and beyond.
Little House on the Prairie Series Reading Order
🔄 Best Read in Order · Start with Book 1:
Standalone stories, but characters and relationships develop across the series.
The reading order is flexible but most rewarding when approached chronologically by the historical timeline of the characters rather than strict publication sequence. Starting with the Martha Years (earliest generation), followed by the Charlotte Years, then the Caroline Years, the original Little House books, and finally the Rose Years provides a satisfying generational flow. However, each sub-series functions well as a self-contained set, and readers can enjoy them independently or in any order without losing core understanding. The books share thematic and stylistic continuity with Wilder’s originals, so jumping between generations still feels cohesive.
Explanation of reading order types
Little House on the Prairie Series Characters
Main characters shift focus with each generation while maintaining strong familial connections. In the Martha Years, young Martha Morse (Laura’s great-grandmother) is a spirited Scottish girl learning independence and family duty. The Charlotte Years feature Charlotte Tucker, Laura’s grandmother, portrayed as a resourceful and observant child facing early American life. The Caroline Years center on Caroline Quiner (later Ingalls, “Maâ€), depicted as a capable, level-headed girl whose strength and practicality foreshadow her role in the original books. In the Rose Years, Rose Wilder (Laura’s daughter) emerges as the vibrant protagonist—a curious, independent, and sometimes headstrong girl growing into a young woman with big dreams, artistic leanings, and a restless spirit inherited from her parents. Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almanzo Wilder appear as loving but realistically imperfect parents in the Rose Years, providing continuity and warmth. Supporting and recurring characters include various family members across generations—siblings, parents, and grandparents—who offer guidance, conflict, or comic relief. Neighbors, teachers, and community figures add texture to each era, while animals and the natural world often serve as quiet companions or challenges. The extended family web creates a sense of legacy, with traits and stories echoing from one generation to the next.
Setting of the Little House on the Prairie Series
The setting spans multiple American landscapes and time periods, creating a sweeping sense of historical movement. The Martha Years unfold in the Scottish Highlands with rugged hills, lochs, and traditional crofting life. The Charlotte Years shift to early 19th-century New England and Boston Bay, with coastal towns, bustling harbors, and growing settlements. The Caroline Years return to the wooded regions of Wisconsin, similar to the original Big Woods. The Rose Years are rooted in the hilly Ozark Mountains of Mansfield, Missouri, on Rocky Ridge Farm, where orchards, rocky soil, and rural simplicity dominate. These varied backdrops—from misty Scottish glens to sun-drenched Missouri apple trees—highlight the family’s migratory spirit and adaptation to new environments, with detailed depictions of seasons, weather, farming, and domestic routines that make each era feel authentic and alive.
Tone & Themes of the Little House on the Prairie Series
The tone remains warm, observant, and gently realistic, echoing Wilder’s straightforward, sensory-rich style while adapting to each author’s voice. The prose is clear and evocative, filled with vivid details of daily life, nature, and family interactions. Hardships are portrayed honestly but with optimism and resilience, avoiding sentimentality. Themes echo and expand those of the original series: the pioneer virtues of self-reliance, ingenuity, and perseverance; the central importance of family bonds and love across generations; the beauty and challenges of rural life; the tension between tradition and progress; gratitude for simple pleasures amid scarcity; and the quiet strength of women and girls navigating societal expectations. The expanded books add layers of cultural heritage (Scottish roots), maternal perspectives, and the transition into modernizing America, while reinforcing messages of courage, community, and finding joy in everyday labor.
In the end, the Little House on the Prairie expanded universe enriches Laura Ingalls Wilder’s timeless stories by weaving a deeper family tapestry that spans oceans, continents, and centuries. These books honor the original pioneer spirit while revealing how the same values of courage, love, and perseverance sustained generations through Scotland’s hills, New England harbors, Wisconsin woods, Kansas prairies, and Missouri Ozarks. For readers who cherished Laura’s childhood adventures, the spin-offs offer comforting familiarity and fresh perspectives—gentle reminders that every family carries its own “little house†of memories, built with hard work, laughter, and unbreakable bonds. The saga leaves a lasting glow, like sunlight on a golden wheat field or the warm light of a lantern in a log cabin window, affirming that the pioneer heart endures not just in grand westward journeys but in the quiet, daily acts of building home and hope across time. It invites every reader to feel part of this enduring American family story, where resilience and affection turn ordinary lives into extraordinary legacies.