The Long Winter (novel)

This article is about the Laura Ingalls Wilder novel. For the John Christopher novel, see The Long Winter (1962 novel). For the indie rock band, see The Long Winters.
The Long Winter
Front dust jacket with Sewell's illustration
AuthorLaura Ingalls Wilder
IllustratorHelen Sewell and
Mildred Boyle[1]
Garth Williams (1953)[2]
SeriesLittle House
GenreChildren's novel
Family saga
Western
PublisherHarper & Brothers
Publication date
June 15, 1940[3]
Publication placeUnited states
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages325;[1] 334 pp.[2]
ISBN0-06-026461-6 (lib. bdg.); 0060264608
OCLC504334768
LC ClassPZ7.W6461 Lo[1]
Preceded byBy the Shores of Silver Lake 
Followed byLittle Town on the Prairie 

The Long Winter is an autobiographical children's novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published in 1940, the sixth of nine books in her Little House series. It is set in southeastern Dakota Territory during the severe winter of 1880–1881, when she turned 14 years old.

The novel was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal in 1941. All the fourth to eighth Little House books from 1938 to 1943 were Newbery runners-up. In retrospect, they are called Newbery Honor Books.[4]

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