This beloved story of a pioneer girl and her family begins in 1871 in a log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Laura lives in the little house with her pa, her ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their dog, Jack. Pioneer life is sometimes hard for the family, but it is also exciting as they make their own homemade toys and treats, do the spring planting, bring in the harvest, and visit town. And every night Laura and her family are...

A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.

The skeleton of a murder victim is discovered after more than a decade. Three hundred miles across the Navajo reservation, a canyon guide is shot and Joe Leaphorn, recently retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, thinks there is a connection between the shooter and the skeleton. Acting Lieutenant Jim Chee does not take an interest in the case until it hits too close to home.