Laura Ingalls Wilder is an author with a gift, she can make dreams. She has created dreams like that for kids all around the world... including me. Her writing has a magic draw for people with imaginations. Perhaps it is the way she makes the prarie of long ago come to life again. Maybe it is her details, that lets you feel as if you are there. Or maybe it is how she makes her characters feel like friends. Whatever it is, it makes her stories some of the best in the world.
Most people these days don't live on open praries. We live in towns clouded by buildings, cars,
and machines. We have many good things Laura didn't have, but we are missing a lot too. She creates a mysterious pictire to us, miles of miles of untouched land. Her stories have helped me to learn to appreciate all the untouched land that we stll have. She has inspired at least me to love and protect nature. Everyone who reads her books wishes at least once that they could live as she did.
Yet another reason Laura's books are so popular is her unique style of storytelling. Everything she is writing about is so vivid to her, so she can make it vivid to us. Don't call me crazy, but people agree, her books are often better than television. She gives tons of discriptions, but still leaves scope for imagination (as another famous character would say.) I've watched many T.V. adaptations of her books, but none are as good as the real books. No one can capture her memories as well as she can. She is a naturally good writer, but she is her secret to stand out in the croud. Her descriptions and her attention to detail make her one of the best storytellers of all time.
The most compelling reason, to me, that her books are such a success are her characters, these were real people and she can use words to bring them alive again. I have great friends and family, but sometimes you need to go away. Laura's family have always been there for me. I know I can always rely on Pa's fiddle music, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Grace's cheerful play, and Ma's helpful advice to clean my soul. Pretty soon I am ready to go bak to my world with a pleasant attitude. They all have became very real to me. They have always been there, and they always will. I can count on them.
Laura Ingalls Wilder is more than an author. She is a wizard of storycrafting. From simple words she can create emotions almost as real as the true things. She has a way of telling stories no one else will ever be able to capture. I love most books I read, but the Little House books have always stood out. Plain out simple, her books as, well as she, are amazing, and I hope people recognize it.
