Trundlebed Tales

I missed the read aloud event this year (grump technical issues), but I still wanted to honor it and I thought it would be a great episode to get back up to speed. Burgess was a naturalist who wrote a column for children about wildlife. His stories were about humanized wild animals. They wear clothes and talk, but otherwise act as the real animals do. His stories were set in the Green Meadows and the Green Forest. Since they were originally written in a column each chapter begins with a recap and ends on a cliff hanger. They are perfect early reader (around 2nd grade) books. This one is The Adventures of Grandfather Frog. 

Tune in to find out what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom around the country from Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites to Trundlebed Tales programs. Especially listen in for events for Burr Oak, Iowa and Spring Valley, Minnesota. 

Tune in to find out what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom around the country from Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites to Trundlebed Tales programs. Especially listen in for events in De Smet, South Dakota; Independence, Kansas; Mansfield, Missouri, and Marshfield, Missouri's Cherry Blossom Festival.

We look at what's going on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom this month including events around the country and Trundlebed Tales programs. We're just getting started for this year, but check back all year for Laura Ingalls Wilder events and news.

Join us as we review what went on in Laura Ingalls Wilder fandom on the Little House on the Prairie this year. It's a big year since it was the 150th anniversary of Laura Ingalls Wilder's birth. We mark six years of Trundlebed Tales podcasts with this episode. The first episode was broadcast Dec. 19, 2010 and also featured a round up of Laura fandom. Please look at it as an opportunity to check in with us. Think about calling in, commenting in the chatroom

We're going to visit with Pauly Tee. Pauly has not only visited some of the normal Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites, but also hunted down places where the series filmed. He's going to share with us the highlights of his trips and some information if you want to see them too.

Christmas is an important holiday at museums. It often is the focus of some of the biggest events in the museum calendar. This is especially true about living history museums, historic villages, and house museums. Why should you brave the weather and the cold to go? What do you want to do to prepare to go? What is living history? Why is it a special Christmas experience? What do the Laura Ingalls Wilder homesites do for Christmas? Take a listen and you'll learn. 

Sandra Oliver, the former editor of Food History News and master food historian, joins us to go through the history of recipes. What stories do your recipes tell? How can you stir up the history of a recipe.