Farmer Boy
Written by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Narrated by Cherry Jones
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About this audiobook
The second book in the treasured Little House series, Farmer Boy is Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved story of how her husband, Almanzo, grew up as a farmer boy far from the little house where Laura lived.
The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America’s frontier history and as heartwarming, unforgettable stories. The Little House series has captivated millions of readers with its depiction of life on the American frontier.
While Laura Ingalls grows up on the prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits, or best of all, when the fair comes to town.
Almanzo wishes for just one thing—his very own horse—and he must prove that he is ready for such a big responsibility.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) was born in a log cabin in the Wisconsin woods. With her family, she pioneered throughout America’s heartland during the 1870s and 1880s, finally settling in Dakota Territory. She married Almanzo Wilder in 1885; their only daughter, Rose, was born the following year. The Wilders moved to Rocky Ridge Farm at Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894, where they established a permanent home. After years of farming, Laura wrote the first of her beloved Little House books in 1932. The nine Little House books are international classics. Her writings live on into the twenty-first century as America’s quintessential pioneer story.
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Reviews for Farmer Boy
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What our readers think
Readers find this title to be a heartwarming and funny book with a great narrative. The audiobook, narrated by Cherry Jones, is highly praised for its reading style and enjoyable for the whole family. The book is loved for its description of life, morals taught, and the good example of a father. It is considered a great book in the series, although some readers prefer the Little House series. Overall, it is a wonderful book with a passionate narrator that provides detailed insights into farm life.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book was one of the best books I’ve ever listened to
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved listening to this book it was simply astounding
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Well read and the songs are sung! The voice was engaging
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Gosh. Another incredible journey. The descriptions and narrative filled with color and light and life, Ms Wilder is a treasure. Now on to Little House on the Prairie❤️
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lovely story of a young boy who is 9 and raised on a farm in early America. His family is successful from hard work. The boy learns great life lessons as he learns how to work the farm and be a good son and brother. I loved this book when I was a kid. And my son who is 9 loves it also. Ohh and the food they eat. Wow!!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Best narrative audio book.. I love the reading style of Cherry jones.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was just so great and fun I loved it
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fabulous reading by Ms. Jones made the book so enjoyable to listen to for the whole family!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It is a good book to read.
Great book series - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I like learning so many things about farm life very detail
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing audiobook wish there was a number two but it was good while it lasted also if I could I would give it a one hundred star review. ?
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love the descripción of life . I love the morals taught. I love the good example of a father
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I LOVED this book in the series. It's a little different than all the rest, and it made me so excited to get to know Almanzo in the later books.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Farmer Boys one of the best books I have read in my life. I have read it over and over since I was about 11 years old. I'm now 57. The only book I've read more is the Bible. Well maybe Little House in the Big Woods.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Such a great book about Laura’s future husband when he was a little boy. My son loved it! As did my daughters.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It’s good not as good as the little Brich series though
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved this book it was so funny and heartwarming
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A wonderful narrator filled with passion. A perfect narrator to narrate Laurra Ingalls wilder's storys.