Title:
Little House in the Big Woods
Author:
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Read
by: Cherry Jones with Pa’s Fiddle performed by Paul Woodiel
Publisher:
Harper Children’s Audio
Length:
Approximately 3 hours and 41 minutes
Source:
Kewaunee Public Library
If
you are a follower of this blog, you know that I LOVE Laura Ingalls
Wilder. Little House in the Big Woods
was one of the choices for the Kewaunee Library family read this summer. We picked up the audiobook for our trip last
weekend to Iowa. It had been eight years
since I read it with my oldest and a couple of years since I read it with my youngest,
so it felt like a good time to hear the story again. For a review of the overall story, please
refer to my 2011 review
and 2016 review.
The
audiobook was wonderful and enjoyable for the entire family. Just like when he was 4 years old, 12-year-old
Kile was most entranced by Pa and his stories.
He in particular hushed us during the chasing of Grandpa by the
panther. The boys feigned indifference
to the book, but it was funny to see them engaging in the story as it
progressed. They were more engaged this
time around then seven-year-old Penelope, but I believe that is because she had
more recently read the story.
I really
enjoyed Cherry Jones as a narrator. She
had a soothing voice and she also provided different voices for the
character. My favorite part of this
audiobook though was when Cherry Jones sang the songs and Paul Woodiel played the
fiddle music for them. It was wonderful.
Little
House in the Big Woods is a classic and works great as an audiobook to listen
to with the family and keep them entertained.
The boys loved Pa’s stories and Penelope loved the story of Laura.
I like the later books in this series best, but they're all good. :)
ReplyDeleteI love all of them! I do think Wilder grew as an author the further she wrote into the series . . . and I love the romance between Laura and Almanzo in the later books!
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