By the Shores of Silver Lake

By the Shores of Silver Lake
Front dust jacket, first edition
AuthorLaura Ingalls Wilder
IllustratorHelen Sewell and
Mildred Boyle
Garth Williams (1953)[1]
SeriesLittle House
GenreChildren's novel
Family saga
Western
PublisherHarper & Brothers
Publication date
October 20, 1939 (1939-10-20)[2]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages260
OCLC6932095
LC ClassPZ7.W6461[3]
Preceded byOn the Banks of Plum Creek 
Followed byThe Long Winter 

By the Shores of Silver Lake is an autobiographical children's novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1939, the fifth of nine books in her Little House series. It spans just over one year, beginning when she is 12 years old and her family moves from Plum Creek, Minnesota to what will become De Smet, South Dakota.

The novel was a Newbery Honor book in 1940, as were the fourth through eighth books in the series.[4]

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