![]() ![]() ![]() The Birchbark House, on the other hand, is the first book in the Birchbark series, following a little girl named Omakayas and her Ojibwe tribe, near today’s Lake Superior. I’d never read that book either, so I decided to read both, to deconstruct - maybe decolonize is the better word? - Wilder’s novel and come up with an approach that might be useful for learning with my son in the future. ![]() What I did note is that many times in response to various book lists, it was recommended to either switch out Little House for The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich, or read the books concurrently. I’d never read Laura Ingalls Wilder, so I didn’t understand the nostalgia for Little House when people would talk about it. I see homeschoolers debating this all the time on Instagram: should they read it, should they skip over parts, should they talk about the larger context and implications with their kids? There’s a lot to consider. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder is one of those books that shows up on many, many children’s must-read book lists and children’s reading challenges, and at the same time, its place on these lists is also challenged because of its racist content. ![]()
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