Little House on the Prairie is now available through OverDrive!
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist
“I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder
The simple things in life do tend to be the best ones. For us, there’s nothing more simple (or enjoyable) than a cozy reading nook, a warm beverage and the books we remember reading as kids. With that in mind, we’re happy to announce that, for the first time, we can spend those reading nook moments with the classic Little House on the Prairie on OverDrive.
All nine of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House titles are available for you to add to your digital collection in OverDrive Marketplace. These childhood favorites are sure to bring back nostalgia for your readers as they share Laura’s adventures with their children. These eBooks retain the beautiful illustrations you’ll remember from the first time you discovered the Little House homestead.
Wilder’s constant message of making sure to appreciate every aspect of life rings as true today as it did when she wrote these books more than eighty years ago. Her suggestion to, “enjoy every moment as it passes” is one we fully believe in. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to enjoy some moments with these wonderful stories of my childhood.
The Little House Series can be found in OverDrive Marketplace here and sell for $8.99 per copy
It is great that these books are now in digital format. One thing I did notice is that files are very large for epubs which make them almost prohibitive for my Nook. The file for Little House In The Big Woods downloaded at 61 MB and The Long Winter downloaded at 68 MB. I have not come across file sizes so larger with EPUB. I have seen large files more for PDF format. Is it because of the amount of graphics for the original drawings?
Hi Andrea- You’re correct that the larger file size is related to the original drawings. The high res of the pictures causes it. 🙂