![]() ![]() It is not the things you have that make you happy. “As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that things truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. ![]() These books are classics today because of that - the universal truths shared about family, responsibility, love, and growing up. Laura’s experiences became mine through the shared emotions of little girls. Breathing deeply of that book smell, I was transported to another time in history, unfamiliar to me, yet made familiar by the stories of a girl growing up. I remember the crinkly sound of the library dust jackets that protected the worn hard covers and the musty smell of the pages as I opened the book to read. Those nine books were some of the first chapter books I read on my own, checked out on my very own library card. ![]() Her series of girlhood pioneer days captivated me from the first lines of Little House in the Big Woods all the way through These Happy Golden Years. ![]() Which book? Little House on the Prairieby Laura Ingalls Wilder. I have vivid memories of being eight years old and staying up late, reading under the blankets in bed with a flashlight, because I just had to finish that book. ![]()
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