By the Shores of Silver Lake

By the Shores of Silver Lake

Infobox Book |
name = By the Shores of Silver Lake


image_caption = "By the Shores of Silver Lake" book cover, illustrated by Garth Williams
author = Laura Ingalls Wilder
illustrator =
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series = "Little House"
genre = Family Saga
Western
publisher = Harper & Brothers, Later, Scholastic
release_date = 1939
media_type = Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
pages =
isbn =
preceded_by = On the Banks of Plum Creek
followed_by = The Long Winter

"By the Shores of Silver Lake", by Laura Ingalls Wilder, was published in 1939 and is the fifth out of nine books written in her "Little House" series, also known as "The Laura Years". This book is based on Laura's late childhood spent near De Smet, South Dakota, in late 19th Century, and is the first book in the series to reference her sister Mary's teenage illness (referred to in the book as scarlet fever) and resulting lifelong blindness. The book also introduces Laura's youngest sister Grace Pearl. Jack dies of old age. Laura also meets her cousin Lena Ingalls and they play together.


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