ON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK
From the Little House on the Prairie series, volume 4
by Laura Ingalls Wilder ; illustrated by Garth Williams
If anything, it is better than her enchanting Little House in the Big Woods.
Factual — the material is drawn from her own pioneer childhood — but told as story. The Ingalls family moves on to a prairie homestead, and first from a sod house, then from a newly built cabin, they lay the groundwork for farming life, with all its mishaps. Laura is always in trouble, but a staunch young person when brought to the test.
It is perfect Americana.