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    Farmer Boy
    Farmer Boy
    Farmer Boy
    Audiobook6 hours

    Farmer Boy

    Written by Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Narrated by Cherry Jones

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    The second book in the treasured Little House series, Farmer Boy is Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved story of how her husband, Almanzo, grew up as a farmer boy far from the little house where Laura lived.

    The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America’s frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories. The Little House series has captivated millions of readers with its depiction of life on the American frontier.

    While Laura Ingalls grows up on the prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits, or best of all, when the fair comes to town.

    Almanzo wishes for just one thing—his very own horse—and he must prove that he is ready for such a big responsibility.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateFeb 7, 2017
    ISBN9780060754938
    Author

    Laura Ingalls Wilder

    Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) was born in a log cabin in the Wisconsin woods. With her family, she pioneered throughout America’s heartland during the 1870s and 1880s, finally settling in Dakota Territory. She married Almanzo Wilder in 1885; their only daughter, Rose, was born the following year. The Wilders moved to Rocky Ridge Farm at Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894, where they established a permanent home. After years of farming, Laura wrote the first of her beloved Little House books in 1932. The nine Little House books are international classics. Her writings live on into the twenty-first century as America’s quintessential pioneer story.

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    • 5/5
      Lovely story of a young boy who is 9 and raised on a farm in early America. His family is successful from hard work. The boy learns great life lessons as he learns how to work the farm and be a good son and brother. I loved this book when I was a kid. And my son who is 9 loves it also. Ohh and the food they eat. Wow!!
    • 5/5
      Best narrative audio book.. I love the reading style of Cherry jones.
    • 5/5
      It was just so great and fun I loved it
    • 5/5
      Fabulous reading by Ms. Jones made the book so enjoyable to listen to for the whole family!
    • 5/5
      It is a good book to read.
      Great book series
    • 4/5
      I like learning so many things about farm life very detail
    • 5/5
      Amazing audiobook wish there was a number two but it was good while it lasted also if I could I would give it a one hundred star review. ?
    • 5/5
      I love the descripción of life . I love the morals taught. I love the good example of a father
    • 5/5
      I LOVED this book in the series. It's a little different than all the rest, and it made me so excited to get to know Almanzo in the later books.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Farmer Boys one of the best books I have read in my life. I have read it over and over since I was about 11 years old. I'm now 57. The only book I've read more is the Bible. Well maybe Little House in the Big Woods.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It’s good not as good as the little Brich series though

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Such a great book about Laura’s future husband when he was a little boy. My son loved it! As did my daughters.

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    • 5/5
      I loved this book it was so funny and heartwarming
    • 5/5
      A wonderful narrator filled with passion. A perfect narrator to narrate Laurra Ingalls wilder's storys.