{"id":1447,"date":"2021-11-17T09:52:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2021-11-17T09:52:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:52:05","slug":"the-martha-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/?p=1447","title":{"rendered":"The Martha Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>     Hello! Today on Reading Wednesday we have a few books chronicling the Martha Years. Or, in other words, the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder&#8217;s great-grandmother. Let&#8217;s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/6704A365-2EAD-48EA-963E-7D46089F1418-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/6704A365-2EAD-48EA-963E-7D46089F1418-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/6704A365-2EAD-48EA-963E-7D46089F1418-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/6704A365-2EAD-48EA-963E-7D46089F1418-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/6704A365-2EAD-48EA-963E-7D46089F1418.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>     Here is yet another series of books geared toward &#8220;younger readers&#8221;. (Such as <a href=\"https:\/\/simplyemilyrose.com\/?p=350\">this<\/a> series) In my opinion, however, they can be read by any age. But, if you don&#8217;t agree with that, and are still curious to read the books, how about reading them to a little sister or niece? I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;d both enjoy the books! The truth is, I haven&#8217;t read them in several years either, but I know I enjoyed them when I did. Perhaps I&#8217;ll read them to my nieces sometime. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     Something I just discovered? I actually own the entire Martha Years series. All this time I thought there were more than four, but I was wrong. I guess I should have looked that up a long time ago. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     The series begins with six-year-old Martha Morse. Her father is Laird Glencaraid, of Glencaraid Scotland. The year is 1788, and life is very different from what it is now. The books tell of Martha&#8217;s family, which consists of her brothers, sister, mother, and father. It&#8217;s pretty interesting reading about the way of life in that time-period. The different customs and folktales, etc. I&#8217;m not exactly sure how accurate the story is to the real Martha Morse&#8217;s life, but I think it&#8217;s probably pretty close. Starting from this one and reading all of the series&#8217; down from Martha all the way to Laura Ingalls Wilder&#8217;s daughter is also pretty neat. Noticing all the details that carry from one series to another, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to find the Martha Years:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>     Well, I was going to leave a link here for the books, but I couldn&#8217;t find any that would lead to the whole series. I would suggest keeping an eye out for the books in thrift stores, used book stores, etc. Of course, you&#8217;ll never know what you&#8217;ll find at places like that, but you may end up stumbling upon the whole set!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     That&#8217;s all for now. Do you like prequel books? ~ Emily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! Today on Reading Wednesday we have a few books chronicling the Martha Years. Or, in other words, the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder&#8217;s great-grandmother. Let&#8217;s get started! Here is yet another series of books geared toward &#8220;younger readers&#8221;. (Such as this series) In my opinion, however, they can be read by any age. 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