It's 1788, and six year old Martha lives in a little stone in Glencraid, Scotland. Martha's father is Laird Glencaraid, and the life of the Laird's daughter is not always easy for a lively girl like Martha. She would rather be running barefoot through the fields of heather and listening to magical tales of fairies and other Wee Folk than learning to sew like a proper young lady. But between her dreaded sewing lessons, Martha still finds time to play on the rolling Scottish hills.

None of the other "Little House Years" books are as good as the ones about Laura but other then the Laura books the Martha ones are definitely my favorite. I love Scotland so that made this books particularly interesting to me but in general I just think they are the best written and most engaging titles from this set of books. ( )

I don't really know what to say about this book. Very fun, but... ( )

One of my favorite childhood books ( )

When I first heard about this book, my thought was: "cool!" Then I starting wondering who the author of this book could be and what in the world would they know about Laura Ingalls Wilder's great-grandmother. Much of the charm for me of the Little House on the Prairie series is that it is based on Laura's own life. I had my doubts about a modern book written about a time so far in the past.

I was pleasantly surprised. It did seem to be written in much the same style as Laura's Little House books. (Though it's been a few years since I read those.) The author definately did research to learn about this time period.

A charming children's book. ( )