Old Town in the Green Groves fill in part of the gab between two of the classic little house books: "On the Banks of Plum Creek" and "By the Shores of Silver Lake", and is not a "real" Little House book. But, again, I read the entire series so I wanted to read all the books now considered part of the Little House family.

I actually really liked this one more than I was expecting - These First Four Years was so awful in so many ways that I really didn't have high hopes for this one, yet I actually liked this one more than the last Little House book. It's not written by Laura, but definitely has the same feel/flavor, and the characters are just exactly the same. Ma & Pa are there wonderful selves, you get to see their cousins & a whole other life not previously seen in other books, and there's a horrible tragedy that the family lives through and it's just marvelous to see how they all manage. If you like the Little House series and haven't read this one, just skip "These First Four Years" and read this one, instead (but do read them in chronological order, as I wish I had but didn't).