#110 in Children’s books
Little House on the Prairie
- 309
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- Series 1975 +2
- On screen
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Our view
“Little House on the Prairie” is a simple, warm picture of a settler family’s daily life in 1870s America, told for children. Its pleasure lies in the detail of making a home on open land; some adults find it very light, with little plot. Others point out that the family settles on Native land as if by right, and advise sharing it with children old enough for that context.
The view of the BookRank editors, written from readers’ ratings and comments. It does not affect the score or the book’s place in a ranking.
About the book
Little House on the Prairie is an autobiographical children's novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder, published in 1935. It was the third novel published in the Little House series, continuing the story of the first, Little House in the Big Woods (1932), but not related to the second, Farmer Boy. Thus, it is sometimes called the second one in the series, or the second volume of "the Laura Years".
Reading order · Little House on the Prairie
Full order & progress →- Little House in the Big WoodsStart here
7.97.9 / 10 - Farmer Boy
7.97.9 / 10 - Little House on the PrairieThis book
7.97.9 / 10 - On the Banks of Plum Creek
7.97.9 / 10 - By the Shores of Silver Lake
7.77.7 / 10 - The Long Winter
7.97.9 / 10 - Little Town on the Prairie
7.87.8 / 10 - These Happy Golden Years
7.87.8 / 10 - The First Four Years
7.67.6 / 10
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 3 times — from 1974 to 2007.
- SeriesLaura, The Prairie GirlIMDb
- SeriesLittle House on the PrairieIMDb
- TV filmLittle House on the PrairieIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 266 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 64% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Children’s books average of 7.9. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 15 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 251 | 94% |
Frequently asked
What age is Little House on the Prairie for?
Little House on the Prairie sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 309 pages — longer than 77% of the ranked books in Children’s books.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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