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Little Town in the Ozarks
Contributor(s): MacBride, Roger Lea (Author), Gilleece, David (Illustrator)
ISBN: 006440580X     ISBN-13: 9780064405805
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $9.89  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 1996
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Annotation: When hard times befall Rocky Ridge Farm, the Wilder family must move into town. With speeding trains going by at all hours, and the streets crowded with people of every sort, Rose wonders how she will ever survive living in Mansfield. Soon, however, Rose comes to appreciate that living in town offers its own adventures.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes)
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 95047590
Lexile Measure: 870
Series: Little House the Rose Years (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.19" W x 7.64" (0.52 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Topical - Home Schooling
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 18730
Reading Level: 5.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

The fifth book in the Rose Years series, the story of the spirited daughter of the author of the beloved Little House series.

Little Town In The Ozarks continues the story of Rose, Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, as hard times on the farm force Rose and her family to move to the town of Mansfield. Life in town is so different from living on Rocky Ridge Farm that Rose wonders if she will ever learn to like the hustle and bustle of town life.


Contributor Bio(s): MacBride, Roger Lea: - Roger Lea MacBride, a close friend of Rose Wilder Lane's, was the author of the Rose Years novels.Gilleece, David: - The late Roger Lea MacBride, Rose Wilder Lane's adopted grandson, was the author of Little House on Rocky Ridge, Little Farm in the Ozarks, In the Land of the Big Red Apple, and On the Other Side of the Hill, and the editor of West From Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco 1915, and Rose Wilder Lane: Her Story. He was also an active participant in the creation of the television shows Little House on the Prairie and Young Pioneers.

David Gilleece is the illustrator of all of the Rocky Ridge series titles. He lives in Point Pleasant, PA.