You wouldn't think such a simple story could be so powerful but the beautiful art and timeless story of our idealized past vs the changing world really make it work | I grew up loving this show |
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They constantly went back to borrow and read this book! But remember not board book it's been edited The Little House sits in the pastoral countryside and watches as bit by bit roads, buildings and finally a full city surround it | For example the first page has this sentence missing after the words -strong and well built " The man who built her so well said, This Little House shall never be sold for gold or silver and she will live to see our great-great grandchildren great great grandchildren living in her " |
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Both my wife and I have always enjoyed the little house on the prairie series, but this first pilot was something different altogether | This means that you miss out on things like the little house wondering what it would be like to live in the city |
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I wanted to keep him happy and interested in the world and stories of the folks who made this country great | I did some research and found that this movie was very closely taken from the books written by Laura Ingles herself unlike many of the later seasons which were mostly the work of the show's writers |
There is some content that may be a little heavy for littler ones and even us after a stressful day : a man who beats his son is obviously portrayed as villainous behavior , an alcoholic who sobers up but not before displaying some awful behaviors, etc.
2Would have been totally unacceptable if intended for anything but my own kids | I have been hoping to catch reruns on TV and get my kids interested 6yr old boy and 3yr old girl |
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I have two more episodes in the first season, and intend on purchasing season two emediatly after those two episodes play | Or family with young children |
Sometimes I just can't take another minute of the craziness of the world and I have to escape into something simple and inspiring.