We have been listening to Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, in the car. This really is my first intro to LIW too, other than the television show. Although I have always been an avid reader, for some reason I was never into these books as a young girl. Farmer Boy is great for us, because, well, it is about a boy. This is a great introduction for them and perhaps it will whet their interest in the 'Little House' stuff, but I am not going to push it.
So far we are totally enamored with the Farmer Boy audio. Cherry Jones is a great reader and totally draws us in. One thing we all noticed is how much is written about the food! Almanzo is always hungry like a good, hard-working boy should be. The descriptions of food are heavenly,or pure evil if you happen to be dieting! At one point, after a lengthy, detailed description of a ham dinner, Ryan leaned forward and said, "Mom I can smell it!"
Listening to the books in the car is great, even Mary Clare, Luke and Laine are quiet for a bit. we are not in the car as much as we used to be, but still it is a great way to use every single bit of time we are given.
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I thought the same thing about Farmer Boy---the food! It's interesting that the book based primarily on Almanzo's memories (I assume) focuses so much on detailed descriptions of meals and farmwork---exactly the things that would be important to a boy.
Hope you find your way to the rest of the books---we love them here.
We loved listening to this book as well! In fact I did a post about it if you'd like to read it--it's called The Eyes of a Child.
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