![]() ![]() She studied at the Pratt Institute, including classes with Alexander Archipenko. Helen Sewell was born June 27, 1896, in Mare Island, California her father was William Elbridge Sewell, who later became Governor of Guam. ![]() For millions of readers Laura lives on forever as the little pioneer girl in the beloved Little House books.Ībout the Illustrators: Helen Sewell and Garth Williams There, believing in the importance of knowing where you began in order to appreciate how far you’ve come, Laura wrote about her childhood growing up on the American frontier. Later, Laura and her husband, Almanzo Wilder, made their own covered-wagon trip with their daughter, Rose, to Mansfield, Missouri. She and her family traveled by covered wagon across the Midwest. Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in 1867 in the log cabin described in Little House in the Big Woods. And Laura, now fifteen years old, receives her certificate to teach school. Best of all, Almanzo Wilder asks permission to walk home from church with Laura. ![]() Mary is at last able to go to a college for the blind. Laura is growing up, and she goes to her first evening social. The little settlement that weathered the long, hard winter of 1880-81 is now a growing town. Illustrators: Helen Sewell and Garth Williams Here is a brief overview of Little Town on the Prairie. Our Recommended Reading for Children & Young Adults and Recommended Reading for Adults articles have been popular resources for readers interested in Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie. ![]()
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