Little House Of The Big Woods By Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder is a historical fiction book because although much of what the author writes about are memories of her childhood while growing up in the Big Woods of Wisconsin some of the stories and characters were added or embellished. This story tells of Laura Ingalls and her family and how life was for them in the Big Woods in the early 1870s. Survival was not always easy for them but life was rewarding. For the Ingalls, survival meant growing and harvesting their own crops, raising their own cows and chickens for eggs, milk and butter, Pa hunted all summer and stored away enough food for the harsh winters and almost everything the Ingalls wanted or needed they had to get and make themselves. At†¦show more content†¦A woman named Sarah from Maine answers Jacob’s ad and comes out to visit and see if things would work between the two of them. The children, Anna and Caleb are very excited to have a woman around again, but Sar ah misses the ocean and the beauty of Maine. Sarah and Jacob make a connection but the children worry their dad and themselves are not enough to keep Sarah with them. Ultimately the hardship and ruggedness of farm life don’t matter to Sarah because she has grown to love the Witting family and decides to marry Jacob and stay forever. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery is a historical fiction book because it is set in the 1880s on Prince Edward Island after Matthew and Marilla, an elderly brother and sister adopt a boy to help around the farm but instead get Anne. Anne is a spunky 11 year old who is not afraid to speak her mind. Matthew and Anne connect and he decides he wants to keep her even though she is a girl. Anne doesn’t act proper like most young girls of her time but goes on adventures and gets in a fair amount of mischief. She gains the attention of a boy named Gilbert but she is not a fan of him after he calls her carrots because of her red hair. Eventually Anne warms up to Gilbert and even starts to have feelings for him. Anne is very smart and at 15 she decides she wants to be a teacher. She earns her teaching license in only one year instead of usual two years and is offered a scholarship