One of the best-known children's authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the popular, autobiographical "Little House" novels about her late-nineteenth-century childhood on the American frontier. Published in the 1930s and 1940s, these...

(born Feb. 7, 1867, Lake Pepin, Wis., U.S.—died Feb. 10, 1957, Mansfield, Mo.) American author of children's fiction based on her own youth in the American Midwest. Laura Ingalls grew up in a family that moved frequently from one part of the...

The first television program to help Americans visualize distant life and consider ways they might help, Wild Kingdom became a crucial tool in the formation of America's environmental consciousness and particularly in the movement's shift...

(born Feb. 7, 1867, Lake Pepin, Wis., U.S.—died Feb. 10, 1957, Mansfield, Mo.) U.S. children's author. She led the pioneer life with her family, living in Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota, where she married. With her husband she finally...

Laura Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American author, who wrote Little House series of children's books based on her childhood in a pioneer family. Her best-known book is Little House on the...