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A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.

Nine-year-old Almanzo lives with his family on a big farm in New York State in the nineteenth century, where he raises his own two calves, helps cut ice and shear sheep, and longs for the day he can have his own colt.

Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.

A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.

When Laura Ingalls finds work as a teacher, Almanzo drives her to her family's home on the weekends--and Laura soon finds herself falling in love in this full-color collector's edition of this Newbery Honor Book.