Image Description front: Front cover of A Little House Sampler showing two women and a child outside a historic home with a red border.

About Little House Sampler: A charming collection of never-before-published writings that inspired the Little House series. Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the classic Little House books that have delighted millions of readers, was first encouraged to write about her early days on the frontier by her daughter, Rose. This collection is comprised of Laura's early autobiographical pieces along with stories and essays by Rose, an award-winning writer who herself wrote about growing up on the family farm. From log cabins and covered wagons to the hardworking farm life that Laura and Rose fondly recall, A Little House Sampler is a vivid and personal testament to nearly one hundred years of American life and history as seen by two remarkable women.

Praise for Little House Sampler: 

"As the original accounts on which the Little House books were based, these articles will be appreciated by fans as well as those interested in the settlement of the West." — Library Journal

"Laura's writings promote the virtues and happiness to be found in hard work and simple things." —Publishers Weekly

About the Author: William Anderson is an award-winning historian and author, who has written extensively about the Ingalls and Wilder families. Much of his research for this book was conducted onsite at the locales of the Little House series.