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Date Posted: 17:14:41 06/16/02 Sun
Author: delilah
Subject: How long will Laura stay *alive*
I wonder how many future generations will even care about the pioneer days, and Laura in particular. I know my kids will never find her interesting. I suppose the McBrides will do their part to keep the money rolling in. I also wonder if her popularity has increased or decreased over the years. With LHOTP, they still have that "advertisement", but what will happen when the show goes off the air? We know eventually it will. What will become of Laura's memory?
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Re: How long will Laura stay *alive* -- Ann, 18:06:34 06/16/02 Sun
I think she'll be "around" for a long time. Boys may never get real interested in her (at least not in big numbers), but I think girls will always want to read her books. For one thing, the *publisher* will want to keep the series alive, librarians will probably continue to "push" the books, and with Laura having gotten so popular due to the TV series, parents and teachers who watched the show and/or read the books will keep interest going in their kids/students. By now her books are probably considered classics and are on reading lists at schools.
Historical books usually last longer than contemporary because they don't get dated.
My daughter loved to read Nancy Drew, the *old* Nancy Drew books, not the newer ones. She loved to read about the roadster and such. And, of course, she loved the LH books.
So, Long Live Laura!
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Re: How long will Laura stay *alive* -- delilah, 18:10:06 06/16/02 Sun
This will sound odd....the librarian at Matt's school had never read the Little House books NOR did she have any in the library. This is the honest truth! I advised her she may want to invest in a set. I am tempted to buy the school the set.
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Re: How long will Laura stay *alive* -- Pat, 19:07:36 06/16/02 Sun
Hi Delilah,
I encourage you to buy the library a set. I can't believe they don't have a set. Last year I bought the library at my school a copy of On the Banks of the Bayou since it deals with Rose's time in Crowley. The librarian did not know it existed.
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I am flabbergasted -- Ann, 21:02:02 06/16/02 Sun
that not one, but two, school librarians didn't know about/chose not to have the LH books in their libraries! I definitely thought with the series still in re-runs librarians would know about the books and make sure their libraries had copies.
Admittedly, I did not know about the books when I was growing up in a small town, but that was after the period when they all came out and well before the TV series. I read them after my daughter started reading them.
I definitely think you two ladies should make sure your school libraries have them!
I hope the town libraries have them, at least.
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Re: I am flabbergasted -- Pat, 22:31:54 06/17/02 Mon
Hi Ann,
I guess I should have said that our library has the original Little House books. They are worn and tattered which really disappoints me. Our librarian was not aware of On the Banks of the Bayou.
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Re: How long will Laura stay *alive* -- Valerie, 04:51:20 06/17/02 Mon
I hope my daughter show's an interest, she's had a look already at The House in The Big Woods. Our local library, in town does have a few of the box set which I didn't think they would have here (Lancashire-UK) but you never see any in the shops! The TV series is still showing here, which is good, but my daughter doesn't often watch it, she doesn't seem to enjoy it like I did, just hope she starts reading the books.
It would be interesting to find out if her teacher has even head of LIW!
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Re: How long will Laura stay *alive* -- Anne, 08:26:33 06/17/02 Mon
Hello Everyone,
The chances of Laura staying "alive" are very good, I feel. Who could allow such a lady who lived such a life to be forgotten? As for our local library, wonders will never cease but they have actually them all - which is pretty damn good for a library in Perth, Australia!
I am going to try like anything to bring my children (girl AND boy) up on a diet of LIW books! I actually have already read some of the chapters of LHITBW aloud to them and they are incredibly keen, which is a good sign. My son is reading now, although the print in my set of Laura books is still too small for him, but in time, he will be reading them by himself. We all need to do our best to pass on our love of Laura to our children so that she will indeed live on.
The show is not aired over here anymore on the free to air stations, (not seen it in a long time, so we can't depend on that over here) although it may be on pay TV - we don't get that though as we don't watch much TV anyway.
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Re: How long will Laura stay *alive* -- Michael, 16:21:46 06/20/02 Thu
I have no doubt that Laura, her books, her 'message' will go on. Why?
- Great literature will last on. And the "Little House" books are great literature! Well, another kind of literature than Shakespeare or Goethe, Proust or Cervantes - but in its way it has the same value.
It's Laura's unique way of writing. Who else gives such a deep insight in her feelings, in the mood of her situation of life, than Laura does? That makes the difference. Comparable books are not 'living' in the way the "Little House" series is.
- There are the values Laura transports in her books and in her life. Surely they will seem 'out of fashion' for some people, for some kinds of lifestyle - from time to time. But values as they are described in Laura's books - and the faith, of course - ever were the ground which bears mankind, and will be. Laura's books can help to inspire societies in this way, now and in future times.
- And: probably there are societies which have not discovered 'Laura' up to now but maybe will do. Look at Japan - how much loved Laura and her books became after World War II when the Japanese created a new kind of society (and are until today). Why could not happen the same in, let's say, China, or Russia, or other places?
Yes, I think, Laura will stay 'alive' for a long time. Maybe not the spin-offs (which only try to imitate Laura's books) or the TV-series, but what Laura herself wrote and thought will go on to inspire many people!
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