Kathryn Page Camp

I had planned four Laura Ingalls Wilder lessons for July, and then I was going to move on. However, my plans, like my fiction writing, a...

No—and yes. If the question is whether it matters how old you are when you start writing, the answer is “no.” Laura was 43 when she s...

Each of Laura’s books had a theme that unified the story. The theme wasn’t the story, however. It was the glue that held the story toget...

Laura’s daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, provided suggestions on the Little House books, acting much as a substantive editor would. Laura app...

This 4 th of July, it is only fitting to write about a quintessentially American author. Actually, I’m dedicating an entire month to wr...

Since Mama and I didn't want to backtrack, we vistited the Indian Territory site ( Little House on the Prairie ) outside Independence, K...

From Plum Creek, Mama and I traveled to De Smet, South Dakota, where we did our most extensive sightseeing. We started with a tour that took...

I just returned from a road trip with my 90-year-old mother. When I decided to take her on a vacation, I looked for somthing that would inte...

I recently listened to a speaker practice for a tall tales contest using a story from her own life. Tall tales (as in Paul Bunyan and Babe ...