Little House in the Big Woods
The reading challenge for April was to revisit a book from your childhood. It was immediately obvious that I needed to read Little House in the Big Woods , which is one of the first books I really remember reading. It was definitely my first favorite book. Returning to it makes it even more obvious how much this book shaped me as a person and a reader. Looking at my reading habits now, it probably seems strange that my early reading experiences weren't more influenced by an iconic fantasy book. The truth is that I didn't really become interested in fantasy until high school, when I wanted a more drastic escape from reality. My first love was historical fiction, particularly fiction about early America. I gobbled up the American Girl books, along with books like Naya Nuki , Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry , and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle . But it all began with Laura Ingalls and her little house. This book is less of a cohesive story and more of a series ...