A waif of the plains vs Little House on the Prairie: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Pioneer Children, Pioneers, Fiction
A waif of the plains
A long level of dull gray that further away became a faint blue, with here and there darker patches that looked like water. At times an open space, blackened and burnt in an irregular circle, with a shred of newspaper,…
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Little House on the Prairie
“A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.”
When Laura Ingalls and her family leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, they head west for the open prairie skies of Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find…
The verdict
- Readers rate Little House on the Prairie highest: Little House on the Prairie 4.2 · A waif of the plains 3.8.
- A waif of the plains is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Little House on the Prairie.
- Little House on the Prairie has the widest readership — 6691 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A waif of the plains | Little House on the Prairie | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (86) | 4.2 (6691) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.9 (233) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (79) |
Reception
| A waif of the plains | Little House on the Prairie | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 86 | 6691 |
| Editions | 20 | 130 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 52164 |
| Reading it now | — | 599 |
| Written reviews | — | 6691 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 87170 |
| Pages | 120 | 354 |