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American Girls Collection The

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Pleasant Co

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IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

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650L

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English

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64 pages : illustrations.

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1 of 1	Bemis Children's	J FICTION AMERICAN GIRLS
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1988

64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

[1988]

1st ed

64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

[1988]

1st ed

Description:

Lane, Rose Wilder, 1886-1968

A tough Minnesota winter brings many changes to Kirsten's frontier life, including the new responsibility of helping her brother Lars set his traps and a move into a new house for her family.

2) Young pioneers

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English

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1 of 1	SRL J Fiction annex	j LAN(Staff Retrieval)
1 of 1	SRL Young Adult Fiction Staff Retrieval	Y LAN(Staff retrieval)

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118 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

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3) Changes for Kirsten: a winter story, 1854

After getting married and settling at Wild Plum Creek, David's and Caroline's lives are turned upside down when disaster strikes and David must go east to find work for the winter.

Author:

TheAmerican Girls CollectionTheAmerican Girls Collection

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Publisher:

Pleasant Co. Publications

Pub. Date:

[2000]

Accelerated Reader:

IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure:

650L

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English

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Pleasant Co. Publications

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1 of 1	ASU Children's (3rd floor)	Fiction S534 Ck
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1 of 1	MCPLD Central Children's	jF American girl
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1 of 1	Vail Public Library Juvenile Fiction	J FIC SHA

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[2000]

64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Description:

A tough Minnesota winter brings many changes to Kirsten's frontier life, including the new responsibility of helping her brother Lars set his traps and a move into a new house for her family.

4) New Hope

Author:

Sorensen, Henri

Publisher:

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

Pub. Date:

[1995]

Language:

English

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30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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1 of 1	ASU Children's (3rd floor)	Easy S713 Ne

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[1995]

1st ed

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

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5) Kirsten saves the day: a summer story

A boy asks his grandfather to tell the story of how his great-great-great-grandfather came to America with his family, began a journey west, and built a home that became the beginning of the town of New Hope.

Author:

TheAmerican Girls CollectionTheAmerican Girls Collection

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Publisher:

Pleasant Co

Pub. Date:

[1988]

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IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure:

630L

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English

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67 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

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1 of 1	ASU Children's (3rd floor)	Fiction S534 Ksd
1 of 1	Bemis Children's	J FICTION AMERICAN GIRLS
1 of 1	DC Delta Juvenile Fiction	J AMERICAN
1 of 1	EVLD Eagle Juvenile	J AME
1 of 1	MCPLD Central Children's	jF American girl
1 of 1	MRLD Montrose Juvenile Fiction	Ame
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1 of 1	Vail Public Library Juvenile Fiction	J FIC SHA

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[1988]

1st ed

Pleasant Co

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Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself.

6) Kirsten snowbound!

Author:

American girls collection. American girls short stories

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Series:

American girls collection. American girls short stories

Publisher:

Pleasant Co. Publications

Pub. Date:

2001

Accelerated Reader:

IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 0.5

Lexile measure:

600L

Language:

English

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Summit-Frisco Juvenile

J SHA

Summit-Silver Juvenile

J SHA

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2001	Pleasant Co. Publications	39 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm.	On Shelf Summit-Frisco Juvenile J SHA Summit-Silver Juvenile J SHA	More Info Place Hold

Description:

Little house on the prairie

In 1856, Kirsten and her cousins look after the farm while the adults go to town for supplies, and everything is fine--until a blizzard surprises them.

7) A merry Ingalls Christmas

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Publisher:

NBC Studios, Inc

Pub. Date:

[2014]

Language:

English

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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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1 of 1	EVLD Avon Juvenile	J DVD LIT

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[2014]

Deluxe remastered edition

NBC Studios, Inc

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Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957

Celebrate the holidays with two classic specials, restored to original broadcast length and remastered for superior picture and sound. In "Christmas at Plum Creek," the members of the Ingalls family share a heartwarming first Christmas in their new home, and Laura makes a personal sacrifice that captures the meaning of the holidays. In "A Christmas They Never Forgot," the family waits out a snowstorm by remembering favorite Christmases from the past....

8) On the banks of Plum Creek

Author:

NoveList Series:

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 4.

Series:

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 4

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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9

Lexile measure:

820L

Language:

English

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Book, Audio CD, Hoopla eAudiobook, Hoopla eBook, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook

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Summit-Breck Juvenile

J WIL

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J WIL

Summit-Silver Juvenile

J WIL

339 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

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1 of 1	Summit-Breck Juvenile	J WIL
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1 of 1	ASU Children's (3rd floor)	Fiction W673 O 1953
1 of 1	ASU Children's (3rd floor)	Fiction W673 O 1971
1 of 1	ASU Children's (3rd floor)	Fiction W673 O 1971 c.2
0 of 1	Basalt Juvenile Chapter Book	JF WIL
1 of 1	Bemis Children's	J FICTION WILDER,L
1 of 1	Buena Vista Juv Fic	J Wil
1 of 1	CMC Quigley Juvenile	Wilde, Littl 4
1 of 1	CMU Juv Coll 2nd Floor	JuvF W673o
1 of 1	Crested Butte Juvenile	J Wilder Book 4
0 of 1	DC Cedaredge Juvenile Fiction	J WILDER
1 of 1	DC Crawford Juvenile Fiction	J WILDER
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1 of 1	DC Hotchkiss Juvenile Fiction	J WILDER
0 of 1	EPL Children's Fiction	J WILDER, LAURA
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1 of 1	EVLD Gypsum Juvenile	J WIL B.4
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1 of 1	GCP Glenwd Juvenile	J WIL ON
1 of 1	GCP Rifle Juvenile	J WIL ON
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1 of 1	GRC HSS Juvenile	J WIL #4
1 of 1	GRC Kremmling Juvenile	J WIL #4
0 of 1	Gunnison Juvenile	J Wilder
1 of 1	Lake County Juvenile Fiction	J WIL
1 of 1	MCPLD Central Children's	jF WILDER Laura
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1 of 1	Pitkin Children's Room	J FICTION W646Lh 4 WILDER
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0 of 1	SRL J Fiction	j WIL
1 of 1	SSCL Bud Children's	J WILDER LIT V. 4
1 of 1	TELL WPL Juvenile Fiction	J FIC CLASSICS WIL
1 of 1	Vail Public Library Juvenile Fiction	J FIC WIL
1 of 1	WCU Book Stacks	PZ7.W6461 ON2

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1971

1st Harper Trophy ed

HarperTrophy

Summit-Breck Juvenile

J WIL

Summit-Frisco Juvenile

J WIL

Summit-Silver Juvenile

J WIL

[1981]

Newly illustrated, uniform ed

Harper & Row

338 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Newly illustrated, uniform ed

Harper & Bros

339 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

[1993]

HarperCollins Publishers

Newly illustrated, uniform ed

Harper & Bros

Newly illustrated, uniform ed

Harper

339 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm

2004

Full color collector's ed

HarperTrophy

Harper

338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Harper

358 pages, 15 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

2007

Rev. Harper Trophy ed

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Audio CD
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Harper Children's Audio, Harper Audio

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1 of 1	Bemis Children's	J CDBOOK FICTION WILDER,L
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1 of 1	DC Paonia Juvenile Fiction Audio CD	J CD WILDER
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1 of 1	SSCL Bud Children's AV	J CD WILDER

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[2003]

Unabridged

6 audio discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Hoopla eAudiobook
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Online Hoopla Collection

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2017	Hoopla	Unabridged	HarperCollins	1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 25 min.)) : digital.	Available Online Online Hoopla Collection	More Info Check Out Hoopla

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Online Hoopla Collection

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2016	Hoopla	HarperCollins	1 online resource (352 pages)	Available Online Online Hoopla Collection	More Info Check Out Hoopla

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4 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

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0 of 1	Online OverDrive Collection
0 of 1	Online OverDrive Collection

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2017

OverDrive

HarperCollins

4 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.

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Online OverDrive Collection

Online OverDrive Collection has 2

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2016	OverDrive	HarperCollins	Available Online Online OverDrive Collection Online OverDrive Collection has 2	More Info Check Out OverDrive

Description:

Moberg, Vilhelm, 1898-1973

"Laura and her family find a new home in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, where the nearby creek and swimming hole lure Laura with dangerous, yet thrilling adventures. Too soon, their life is threatened when prairie fires and other strange events jeopardize their crops."

9) The settlers

Author:

NoveList Series:

Emigrants series volume 3.

Series:

Emigrants volume 3

Publisher:

Minnesota Historical Society Press

Language:

English

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Book, Hoopla eBook

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Minnesota Historical Society Press

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1 of 1	Bemis Fiction	FICTION MOBERG,V

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1995

xxix, 399 pages ; 21 cm.

Hoopla eBook
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Online Hoopla Collection

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2009	Hoopla	Minnesota Historical Society Press	1 online resource (399 pages)	Available Online Online Hoopla Collection	More Info Check Out Hoopla

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The saga of the Swedish immigrant's role in the settling of the American frontier. Book Three focuses on Karl Oskar and Kristina as they adapt to their new homeland and struggle to survive on their new farm.

10) Kirsten's promise

Author:

American girls collection. American girls short stories

NoveList Series:

Series:

American girls collection. American girls short stories

Publisher:

Pleasant Co. Publications

Pub. Date:

2003

Accelerated Reader:

IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 0.5

Lexile measure:

670L

Language:

English

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Pleasant Co. Publications

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1 of 1	Vail Public Library Juvenile Fiction	J FIC SHA

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2003

40 pages ; 15 cm.

Description:

Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook

Ten-year-old Kirsten regrets the promise she has made to a ragged boy she discovers alone near a wrecked covered wagon not far from her Minnesota home.

11) The lost wife: a novel

Author:

Moore, Susanna

Pub. Date:

2023

Language:

English

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Book
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Edition

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First edition

OverDrive eAudiobook
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.

Online OverDrive Collection

OverDrive eBook
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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2023

OverDrive

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Description:

"Minnesota, 1862: As a woman fleeing from a dark and secret past, Sarah Wakefield leaves Rhode Island quietly and quickly under cover of night for the long journey to Minnesota where she has been advised there is good work to be had. She soon finds a husband who becomes a resident physician for a Sioux town there but the political backdrop of that moment is volatile: white settlers are breaking treaties, Native American land is shrinking, and mass...

12) Clouds of terror

Author:

Welch, Catherine A.

NoveList Series:

On my own books

Series:

On my own books

Publisher:

Lerner Publishing Group

Pub. Date:

Lerner Publishing Group

Accelerated Reader:

IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5

Lexile measure:

620L

Language:

English

Hoopla eBook
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Online Hoopla Collection

Description:

Living on a farm in southwestern Minnesota in the 1870's, a brother and sister try to help their family cope with plagues of locusts.

13) Little house on the prairie: Season three

Publisher:

NBC Studios

Pub. Date:

[2015]

Language:

English

DVD
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5 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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Edition

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[2015]

Deluxe remastered edition

NBC Studios

Description:

The third season is filled with some of the show's most memorable moments. Whether the Ingalls family is caring for Charles's recently widowed father, facing an outbreak of mountain fever, helping a runaway child, or dealing with Laura's mischievous billy goat, they display the kindness, courage and good humor that their fans cherish, in 21 complete and uncut episodes.

14) At home in a new land

Author:

Sandin, Joan

Series:

I can read book

Publisher:

HarperCollins

Pub. Date:

[2007]

Accelerated Reader:

IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5

Language:

English

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64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Edition

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[2007]

1st ed

HarperCollins

Description:

Carl Erik, a recent immigrant from Sweden, becomes the man of the house when his father and uncle go to work in a logging camp, and he learns many things about life in Minnesota while attending school, doing his chores, and trying to put meat on the table.

15) Little house on the prairie: Season five

Publisher:

[Publisher not identified]

Pub. Date:

[2015]

Language:

English

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[Publisher not identified]

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Edition

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[2015]

Deluxe remastered edition

5 videodiscs (1260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Description:

Relive the heartwarming moments when orphan Albert wins Charles' heart, when Mary conquers doubts about becoming a wife and mother, and when Laura and Albert help a dying friend realize his dream. All twenty four uncut episodes are restored and remastered for premium picture and sound to capture hearts once again.

16) Kirsten and the Chippewa

Author:

American girls collection. American girls short stories

NoveList Series:

Series:

American girls collection. American girls short stories

Publisher:

Pleasant Company

Pub. Date:

2002

Accelerated Reader:

IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 0.5

Lexile measure:

680L

Language:

English

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Summit-Frisco Juvenile

J SHA

Description:

17) Land of the buffalo bones: the diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English girl in Minnesota

In 1854, ten-year-old Kirsten, living with her family in Minnesota, meets a raiding party of Ojibway Indians and finds unexpected help when her dog is in danger.

Author:

Bauer, Marion Dane

NoveList Series:

Dear America

Series:

Dear America

Publisher:

Scholastic

Pub. Date:

2003

Accelerated Reader:

IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7

Lexile measure:

930L

Language:

English

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Summit-Frisco Juvenile

J BAU

221 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

Pub. Date

Edition

Publisher

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2003

1st ed

Scholastic

Summit-Frisco Juvenile

J BAU

Description:

Fourteen-year-old Polly Rodgers keeps a diary of her 1873 journey from England to Minnesota as part of a colony of eighty people seeking religious freedom, and of their first year struggling to make a life there, led by her father, a Baptist minister.

18) Meet Kirsten, an American girl

Author:

NoveList Series:

American girls collection. Kirsten, 1854 volume 1.

Series:

American girls collection. Kirsten 1854 volume 1

Accelerated Reader:

IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure:

650L

Language:

English

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61 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

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Edition

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[1986]

1st ed

Pleasant Co

Pleasant Co. Publications

[2000]

69 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

61 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

[1986]

1st ed

Pleasant Co

Description:

Nine-year-old Kirsten and her family experience many hardships as they travel from Sweden to the Minnesota frontier in 1854.

19) The endearment

Author:

Spencer, LaVyrle

Language:

English

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Hoopla eAudiobook
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Online Hoopla Collection

Pub. Date	Source	Edition	Publisher	Content Desc.	Availability
2020	Hoopla	Unabridged	Tantor Media, Inc	1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 26 min.)) : digital.	Available Online Online Hoopla Collection	More Info Check Out Hoopla

Description:

New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer presents one of her most beloved, enduring stories... Hoping to escape the shame of her street urchin’s life in Boston, Anna Reardon plotted a desperate scheme—to become Karl Lindstrom’s mail-order bride in the beautiful, dangerous frontier of Minnesota. A kind and gentle man, Karl forgave Anna for her deceptions. But there was still one burning secret...

20) Little house on the prairie: Season one

Series:

Little house on the prairie volume Season 1

Publisher:

NBC Studios

Pub. Date:

[2014]

Language:

English

DVD
Show Edition

6 videodiscs (1260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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Edition

Publisher

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[2014]

Deluxe remastered edition

NBC Studios

Description: