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Laura stared at the black cloud blotting out the sun The cloud was unlike anything she had ever seen As it got closer it made a strange noise like hail pelting the ground Suddenly the sky began to rain grasshoppers The bugs clung to Lauras hair and clothes and peered at her with bulging eyes Soon they began destroying Papas crops

From the big woods of Wisconsin to the Indian country of the Great Plains new adventures and landscapes filled the rich childhood of Laura Ingalls Wilder On a frontier steeped in both danger and great possibility Laura would grow up to witness firsthand the rapid transformation of the West as pioneers and covered wagons gave way to farms towns and railroads

A pioneer teacher farmers wife and storyteller Laura Ingalls Wilder experienced one of the most exciting times in American history history that this gifted writer brought to life for millions and preserved for generations to come