Fiction - Historical People, Fiction - Family Life
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Overview
A New Little CabinCaroline 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 part of an ongoing series of Little House Chapter Books.
When Caroline Quiner and her family are forced to move from Brookfield further west, Caroline, who will become the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, does her part as they settle in and make a new home.
Editorials
Children's Literature
Seven-year-old Caroline and her family must leave their Brookfield, Wisconsin home and all their friends if they're to find enough affordable land to raise livestock and plant wheat and corn. Mother has a cheerful attitude and tries to make an adventure of the wrenching move to Concord, 30 miles to the west. Today's children will marvel that the journey was three days long—if it all went as planned. A wagon accident and wolves at night will make young hearts race and show the bravery demanded of children two hundred years ago. Part of the "Little House Chapter Book" series based on the novels of Laura Ingalls Wilder, this volume is Caroline #5, "for children who want to share in the frontier adventures of the Little House girls Laura, Rose and Caroline but who are not quite ready for the novel series." The dilution of the original story may account for a certain lack of focus, still, the hardships of frontier life and the courage and hard work of settlers large and small are present in this chapter of American's history. One black-and-white drawing per chapter will help readers visualize characters and setting. 2001, HarperTrophy, $4.25. Ages 6 to 9. Reviewer: Nancy TillyBook Details
Published
February 1, 2001
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
80
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780060285548