Episode 90

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 22 "Town Party"

Join us this week as we discuss velocipedes, china dolls, talking dolls, and Mother Goose.

Episode 89

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 21 "Nellie Oleson."

Join us this week as we discuss the value of money to the Ingalls, the interactions with the Oleson family, ring-around-the-rosie, "Uncle John Is Sick Abed", and Nellie Owens.

Episode 88

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 20 "School"

Join us this week as we discuss the definition of "sprigged", which readers the girls would have used, blue herons, snipes, who Laura and Mary's friends were, and Miss Eva Beadle.

Episode 87

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 19 "The Fish Trap"

Join us this week as we discuss crape, to "cipher", buffalo fish, pickerels, and bullheads.

Episode 86

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 18 "The Old Crab and the Bloodsuckers." Join us this week as we discuss boughten brooms, minnows, crabs/crawfish, and LEECHES.

Episode 85

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 17 "Moving In"

Join us this week as we discuss Pa and Laura's secret, Pa's impulsiveness, curtains = a feeling of home, the Ingalls' library, and Ma's china shepherdess.

Episode 84

On the Banks of Plum Creek, ch. 16 "The Wonderful House." Join us this week as we discuss Sam and David's names, harrowing, sorrel, the definition of "boughten", lean-tos, tar paper, and P A T 1770.

Episode 83

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 15 "The Footbridge"

Join us this week as we compare the text to the original "Pioneer Girl" book text.

Episode 82

Chapter 14 of On the Banks of Plum Creek "Spring Freshet"

Join us this week as we discuss the definition of "freshet", the origin of "jiminey crickets", and "it's raining fishhooks and hammer handles".

Episode 81

On the Banks of Plum Creek ch. 13 "Merry Christmas"

Please join us this week as we discuss "Millbank", button strings, and the word "flutterbudget".