The Ingalls Museum in De Smet, South Dakota.
Laura Ingalls Wilder was ours, we South Dakota kids. DeSmet was an hour away & we would go their sweet hokey pageant in the summer. I was startled that Hollywood made a TV show—startled that people other than us were interested or had even heard of her. She described the natural phenomena that we observed, & she connected us to a pioneer past & made it mine.
Now the Association for Library Service to Children has stripped her name off a prestigious award for children's literature. I do see both sides: Read More
Now the Association for Library Service to Children has stripped her name off a prestigious award for children's literature. I do see both sides: Read More