Millions of readers have read -- and re-read -- the Little House on the Prairie books, Laura Ingalls Wilder s charming, fascinating tales of her own girlhood spent in the American West. The series, which is both a document of frontier-town America in the 19th century and a beautifully told coming-of-age story, is beloved by readers everywhere for their universal truths about family, love, and endurance in the face of hardship.