While Michael Landon famously treated the original Laura Ingalls Wilder books more as a loose launchpad than a script to follow, the original Little House on the Prairie TV series actually kept a handful of core elements, key character traits, and some specific plot points intact. As a self-professed Laura Ingalls Wilder geek, I try to find as many similarities as I can between the original TV series and the Little House books. As you might imagine, it’s no simple task. When you strip away the invented town drama and Hollywood additions, here is what the vintage TV series got Continue Reading