Ocean State Libraries

Examines Laura Ingalls Wilder's life as a pioneer girl and her work as a writer describing that life for others.

A brief biography of John Chapman who wandered across the new frontier planting apple trees and helping pioneers.

Discusses the reasons people had for going to live in newly-discovered or newly-settled lands, as the American West of the nineteenth century, the hardships they faced, and their influence onhistory.

Presents the life of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, describing his love of nature, his kindness to animals, and his physical fortitude.