Laura Ingalls Wilder DVD Review

I was so excited to share with my girls Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder DVD biography by Dean Butler with Legacy Documentaries. Check out the Walnut Grove Store!

Under his Legacy Documentaries banner, Dean Butler has produced nearly 8 hours of DVD bonus content for the Little House on the Prairie series as well as two original documentaries, Almanzo Wilder: Life Before Laura and Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

I was quite obsessed with Little House on the Prairie as a girl. I dressed like Laura and wanted to be Laura. I love reading the books with my girls.

This documentary was perfect. I love that it was narrated by the actor who played Almanzo, Dean Butler.

I learned so much about Laura’s life that I never knew! I didn’t know much of anything about Laura’s relationship with her daughter, Rose, or her writing career. I didn’t know she began as a journalist! I didn’t realize the books were originally written as historical nonfiction.

Of course, the TV show focused more on prairie life and relationships when Laura was a girl and young woman. This documentary focused on Laura’s writing and how she went from a little article about farm women to writing award-winning children’s historical fiction books.

I loved the interviews with experts such as history professors and biography authors. The theme of the documentary is success despite adversity. Such a lesson.

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This is a must-have for anyone who loves Little House on the Prairie. It’s definitely for older kids and adults. My younger kids wandered away as Liz and I sat enraptured.

The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder is $24.95.

Also, check out the companion DVD, Almanzo Wilder: Life Before Laura for $21.95