The series faced a reckoning in 1998 when a third-grade girl from the Upper ... have the books taken off the school’s curriculum. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award will now be referred to as ...

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award is now officially ... tried unsuccessfully to get the school to drop Wilder from the curriculum, but she faced staunch opposition from the teacher, who loved Wilder.

DE SMET, S.D. (KELO) — You’ve probably read her books and watched the television show based on her family, but do you know the full story behind the life and legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder?

In the 1930s, unknown author Laura Ingalls Wilder couldn't find a publisher for her memoir, Pioneer Girl. Instead, she and her daughter turned the stories into a series of Little House books.

In late 2014, the South Dakota Historical Society Press published Laura Ingalls Wilder’s pre-Little House memoir, intended for adults, Pioneer Girl. Surprising even the press, the lavishly ...

The Ingalls spent two winters in the nearby town of De Smet, which are the basis of ... retired third-grade schoolteacher drilled the girls on poems, stories and questions about Laura (they ...

Fans of Laura Ingalls ... County Elementary 4th grade teacher Jennifer Milliken said. The release of this new biography during the 150th anniversary of Ingalls Wilder’s birth is a marketing ...