Little House in the Big Woods Art & Baking Novel Study Guide
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Additional Book List:
Here is the list for all the Additional Books we Recommended for you to Read Along with Each Chapter of the Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder based on topics of lessons included in the guide.
Please note that they are not required reading, and only optional for further learning connections for younger children reading along side this children’s novel and our guide.
Chapter 1: Fall, Preparing for Winter in the big woods
Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
The Pumpkin Blanket by Deborah Zagwyn
The Pumpkin Man from Piney Creek by Darleen Bailey Beard
Chapter 2: Winter in the big woods
Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman pg. 139
Winter Sleep - A Hibernating Story by Sean Taylor
Baby Bear's Not Hibernating by Lynn Plourde
Animals Hibernating by Pamela Hickman
Making Butter by Jenny Feely
Pioneer Thanksgiving by Barbara Greenwood
Chapter 3: Gun Care and Stories about Owls
Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman, pg 170 "Bird Calls"
Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls by Paul Bannick
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Chapter 4: Christmas
Christmas in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Pioneer Christmas: Celebrating in the Backwoods in 1841 by Barbara Greenwood
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
The Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walburg
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston
Chapter 5: Sundays and Laura's Birthday
A Little House Birthday by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Birthday by Hans Fischer
Eeyore Has a Birthday by A. A. Milne
Moira's Birthday by Robert Munsch
The Book of New Family Traditions by Meg Cox
Chapter 6: Winter, and Bears, plus fur trading
Grizzly 399's Hibernation Pandemonium by Sylvia M Medina
Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft
Birchbark Brigade: A Fur Trade History by Cris Peterson
Louis Riel Day: The Fur Trade Project by Deborsh L. Delaronde (read this in February to celebrate Canadian Lois Riel Day, and learn about Fur Trade in the process)
Chapter 7:
Sugar Snow by Laura Ingalls Wilder
From Seed to Maple Treeby Laura P. Salas
The Big Tree by Bruce Hiscok
At Grandpa's Sugar Bush by Maraget Carney
Chapter 8;
Dance at Grandpa's: My first Little House Book
Maple Moon by Connie Crook
Sugarbush Spring by Marsha Chall
The Maple Syrup Book by Marilyn Linton
At Grandpa's Sugar Bush by Margaret Carney
The Sugaring-Off Party by Jonathan London
Chapter 9:
Going to Town by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles by Beatrix Potter
General Store: A Country Store in 1902 by Megan O'Hara
To Market to Market by Anne Miranda
On Market Street by Arnold Lobel
Chapter 10:
Summertime in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Every Time I Climb a Tree by David McCord
Another Way to Climb a Tree by Liz Garton Scanlon,
Be a Tree! by Maria Gianferrari
A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees by Dave Goulson
A Wasp Builds a Nest by Kate Scarborough
The Bee Book by Charlotte Milner
The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall
Bee: A Peek-Through Picture Book by Britta Teckentrup
Chapter 11: Harvest time in the Big Woods
Harvest Party By Jennifer O'Connell
Oats and Beans and Barley Grow by Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Hello, Harvest Moon by Ralph Fletcher
The Farm That Feeds Us - A Year in the Life of an Organic Farm by Nancy Castaldo
Strega Nona's Harvest – Tomie dePaola
We Gather Together: Celebrating the Harvest Season by Wendy Pfeffer
Chapter 12: Harvest Continues with help!
Basket Moon by Mary Lyn Ray
The Cherokee: Native Basket Weavers by Therese DeAngelis
Chapter 13: The Deep in the Woods
The Deer in the Wood by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Deer, Moose, Elk and Caribou by Deborah Hodge
Deer Hunting for Kids by Matt Chandler
Additional Units & Adventures to Pair up with this Art & Baking Novel Study Guide: