Pa works on the farm caring for the animals as well as planting, tending, and harvesting the crops. Ma is also in charge of the family’s sewing and instructs Mary and Laura in the construction of quilt blocks. She also sees to the arrangement of the home’s furnishings. Ma works in the house completing all food preparation. Ma and Pa each have separate roles and different work to complete. The book also explores the highly divided work roles of men and women at the time. Wilder relates the difficulty her family faced as new settlers including the challenges of living in a sod dugout house as well as their ongoing problems with harsh weather conditions such as drought, prairie fires, blizzards, and the repeated grasshopper infestations which destroyed all of the family’s crops. The novel repeatedly explores the themes of family life, the pioneer spirit, man vs. The fourth novel recounts their attempts to make a new life in Minnesota after vacating a homestead in Kansas that was not legally open to settlement. The events of “On the Banks of Plum Creek” begin in 1874, and pick up where “Little House on the Prairie” leaves off. The book was first published in 1937 and is the fourth in Wilder’s nine book series for children. “On the Banks of Plum Creek” is an autobiographical novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. By Greta Bahnemann, Metadata Librarian, Minnesota Digital Library, Minitex
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