Wilder Weather blends science and storytelling, showing how Laura Ingalls Wilder’s vivid weather scenes in her fictional Little House books connect past prairie life to today’s changing climate. A fascinating read for anyone curious about how history, weather, and climate intertwine.

Author, Barbara Boustead is a meteorologist and climatologist as well as a Laura Ingalls Wilder scholar. Her research stands in the intersection of weather, climate, and Laura Ingalls Wilder, and she has expertise in both weather data analysis and the deeper stories of the weather in Wilder’s books, homes, and life.