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Little House in the Big Woods Reading Guide & Discussion Questions

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Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House in the Big Woods

Little House on the Prairie #1

by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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  • Dec 1, 1932, 256 pages
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  • May 2004, 256 pages
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For supplemental discussion material see our Beyond the Book article, "The Only Good Indian": Reading Racism in Little House on the Prairie and our BookBrowse Review of Little House in the Big Woods.

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Beyond the Book:
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