The pioneer spirit lives on ... Readers around the world know and love Laura, the little girl born in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and raised in covered wagons and on wide open prairies. Now Little House fans can learn more about "Half-pint" in this, the first picture book biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder. With a simple, glowing text by noted historian and Little House scholar William Anderson, and glorious paintings by Dan Andreasen, PIONEER GIRL is a very special portrait of a writer whose classic books and pioneer adventures have made her one of the most popular literary figures in America.