camillalice's review
5.0
As you must know by now, I love anything related to Laura Ingalls Wilder. So when I saw this book, I had to get it! Dear Laura is a collection of letters by readers sent to Laura, with drawings, poems, etc. It is really very sweet to read. It won't teach you much but it will bring smiles. I even laughed out loud at one of the letters by a child who was wishing Laura a happy 85th birthday, and hoping he could take away her years as it's rubbish to be 85 according to him. They're all absolute darlings in their letters.
I found it great to read as I remember vividly how I felt at their age reading Laura's books, wishing I could write to her myself. I still get this feeling when I read the books even as an adult, wishing I lived at the time period and that Laura was my friend. I also liked all the stories about how teachers read the books to their classes and led their pupils to love the series - I'm a teacher myself albeit not working at the moment, so I have a personal connection to teaching.
If you're a Laura fan, you need this book.
I found it great to read as I remember vividly how I felt at their age reading Laura's books, wishing I could write to her myself. I still get this feeling when I read the books even as an adult, wishing I lived at the time period and that Laura was my friend. I also liked all the stories about how teachers read the books to their classes and led their pupils to love the series - I'm a teacher myself albeit not working at the moment, so I have a personal connection to teaching.
If you're a Laura fan, you need this book.
linddykal's review
4.0
A collection of children’s letters written in the 1940’s to Laura Ingalls Wilder. Charming.
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