Series:

Little House: the Rose years

1 primary work • 8 total works

Book 1

Cover of On the Banks of the Bayou

On the Banks of the Bayou

by Roger Lea MacBride

Published 19 September 1998
When Rose moves to Louisiana to live with her aunt Eliza Jane to finish high school, she is exposed to new cultures, politics, and ways of life.

Cover of Bachelor Girl

Bachelor Girl

by Roger Lea MacBride

Published 22 September 1999
Having left her parents' Missouri farm for good and trained to become a telegraph operator in Kansas City, teenage Rose moves out to San Francisco and joins the thousands of "bachelor girls" supporting themselves.

Cover of Little Farm in the Ozarks
Laura and Almanzo Wilder and their eight-year-old daughter Rose continue to work to make Rocky Ridge farm in Missouri their new home.

Cover of On the Other Side of the Hill
In the early 1900s, young Rose Wilder and her parents struggle with a series of natural disasters on their farm in Missouri.

Cover of New Dawn on Rocky Ridge

New Dawn on Rocky Ridge

by Roger Lea MacBride

Published 1 October 1997
While living on the Rocky Ridge Farm in Missouri, thirteen-year-old Rose Wilder celebrates the turn of the twentieth century and begins to wonder about her future.

Cover of In the Land of the Big Red Apple

The third book in the Rose Years series, the story of the spirited daughter of the author of the beloved Little House series. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6, especially during homeschooling. It's a fun way to keep your child entertained and engaged while not in the classroom.

Eight going on nine, Rose Wilder is beginning to settle into her new life in Missouri, the Land of the Big Red Apple. Her father is building their farmhouse and she dreams of the day they'll have their own bright crop to harvest. But before that can happen, she has a fierce ice storm to contend with and her first real Christmas in the Ozarks to enjoy.

Cover of Little House on Rocky Ridge
In 1894 Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband, and her seven-year-old daughter Rose leave the Ingalls family in Dakota and make the long and difficult journey to Missouri to start a new life.

Cover of Little Town in the Ozarks
When drought and fire afflict Rocky Ridge Farm, eleven-year-old Rose Wilder and her parents temporarily move to Mansfield and try to adjust to a new life in town.