Little House: The Caroline Years Books in Order
Little House: The Caroline Years contains 8 books, published between 1996 and 2011. The first book is Little House in Brookfield (1996) and the newest is Across the Rolling River (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 1996–2011
- Pages on record
- 1,416 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 24–35 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,416 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Little House: The Caroline Years holds 8 books published between 1996 and 2011. Maria Wilkes is credited on 5 of them and Celia Wilkins on 3. Subject headings point to frontier and pioneer life in Wisconsin, family life, schools and stepparents, and name both Caroline Lake Quiner Ingalls and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Little House in Brookfield (1996) opens the run and Across the Rolling River (2011) closes it, with Little Town at the Crossroads (1997), Little Clearing in the Woods (1998), On Top of Concord Hill (2000), A New Little Cabin (2001), Little City by the Lake (2003) and A Little House of Their Own (2005) in between.
How many Little House: The Caroline Years books are there?
Little House: The Caroline Years has 8 books, released between 1996 and 2011.
Little House: The Caroline Years Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Little House: The Caroline Years books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Little House in Brookfield1996 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/419961441/4
- 2Little Town at the Crossroads1997 · confirmed 1/41997–1/4
- 3Little Clearing in the Woods1998 · 315 pages · confirmed 1/419983151/4
- 4On Top of Concord Hill2000 · confirmed 1/42000–1/4
- 5A New Little Cabin2001 · 74 pages · confirmed 1/42001741/4
- 6Little City by the Lake2003 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/420033091/4
- 7A Little House of Their Own2005 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420053201/4
- 8Across the Rolling River2011 · 254 pages · confirmed 1/420112541/4
Do you have to read Little House: The Caroline Years books in order?
You should read the Little House: The Caroline Years books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Little House: The Caroline Years book also stands alone.
Where to start with Little House: The Caroline Years
Start with Little House in Brookfield (1996), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Little House: The Caroline Years book?
Across the Rolling River (2011) is the newest Little House: The Caroline Years book released so far.
Is there a new Little House: The Caroline Years book coming?
No next Little House: The Caroline Years book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Little House: The Caroline Years at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Little House: The Caroline Years title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Little House: The Caroline Years books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,416 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 282 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Little House: The Caroline Years books, 4 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
- Attribution
- Of the 8 titles, 5 are credited to Maria Wilkes and 3 to Celia Wilkins.
What the Little House: The Caroline Years books are about
All 8 Little House: The Caroline Years books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: family life is tagged on 7 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Family life 7 of 8 books
- Children's fiction 7 of 8 books
- Frontier and pioneer life 6 of 8 books
- Wisconsin 3 of 8 books
- History 2 of 8 books
- Ingalls, Caroline Lake Quiner 2 of 8 books