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Welcome to Sanlian Unit 1 Little House in the Big Woods By Laura Ingalls Wilder Unit Overview In this unit you will :? Read about the life in the wilderness in the United States in the early days Learn how to preview a book Take a test in fast reading Know a story about a Christmas present Read more about how children feel towards their dear ones About the author: Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in Pepin, Wisconsin, in February 1867. She was the second of four daughters born to Caroline (Quiner) and Charles Philip Ingalls. Wilders early life was spent constantly moving from place to place. Her father called himself a pioneer man and dreamed of going west to explore and settle on unknown territory. They traveled through thick woods, over barren prairies, through the swollen Mississippi, and over icy waters all in their covered wagon. They moved from Missouri, to Kansas, to Wisconsin, to Minnesota, to Iowa and finally settled in De Smet, South Dakota, where her father claimed a homestead. Laura and her three sisters grew up in De Smet. Wilder, however, never could quite see this place as home. The many moves in her early childhood made Laura come to the conclusion that the only way to know that she was truly home was to have her family around her. Following in her fathers dreams, Wilder called herself a pioneer girl and made her home where her family took her.  Wilder did not begin writing her first book, Little House in the Big Woods, until 1931 and it was released the following year. The instant success of the  About the story Lauras daughter Rose grew up listening to her mothers stories of those pioneer days. She urged her mother to write them down so that other children could enjoy them as well. So in the 1930s and 40s, Laura recorded her memories of those days of long ago in a childrens series known as the Little House books which includes Little House in the Big Wood (1932)Farmer Boy (1933)Little House on the Prairie (1935)On the Ba