I loved the little cabin in the woods, with the split-rail fence. I've never actually read any of the books before, and wondered if this was a snippet from the series, or a made-up story. My sister passed this along me, us both being fans of Little House. It makes the reader want to be warm and cozy with them in their little house in the big woods. You can also feel the love this family has for one another as the author describes the pure joy of hearing her Pa come home and spending quality time together listening to Pa play his fiddle. The log cabin shows the reader how a family of five could live simply but happily and enjoys the small things in life, like etching a picture in the frost on the window or making paper dolls. In 2021 in a urban city, one probably does not understand the hard work it took to "wash, iron, mend, churn, clean, and bake" before one rests on Sunday. It lends itself to an easy understanding of a weekly schedule of the chores that it took to thrive in the remote town. The book is a tribute to a time when we preserved the homestead. The pictures were adapted from the original Little House series which shows the reader the vast countyside where the Ingalls family lives in Wisconsin. Winter Days in the Big Woods- My first Little House Books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder is a walk down memory lane for anyone that grew up on the Little House book series, which I enjoyed that I saved the books which I passed on to my daughter.
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