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he Midwestern frontier in the 1870’s and 1880’s. When Laura pleted her eightvolume series in 1943, she had achieved a lasting and substantial literary picture of pioneer life as she had experienced it in Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, and South Dakota. ?In 1954 the American Library Association established the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in her honor and Wilder was the first recipient. The award is now given every five years to the author who has made a substantial contribution to children39。 Text Little House in the Big Woods Unit 1 I. Title ?Little House in the Big Woods is the first of the eight volume series and Laura Ingalls Wilder39。s first children39。s literature. Most recently it was presented to Virginia Hamilton, who was also the first black author to win the Newbery Medal. ? Wilder died in in Mansfield of a stroke. After her death, children all over the world continue to read and enjoy her books. ?Laura’s eightvolume series: ?Little House in the Big Woods (1932) Farmer Boy (1933) Little House on the Prairie (1935) On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937) By the Shores of Silver Lake (1939) The Long Winter (1940) Little Town on the Prairie (1941) Those Happy Golden Years (1943) ? A weekly television series, Little House on the Prairie, which was based loosely on Wilder39。s with European settlements along the Atlantic Coast of North America. It continued until the late 180039。s pioneers westward. The pioneers struggled westward across