Children’s
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Daisy and Josephine | 2014 | Buy |
Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Prairie Tale | 2009 | Buy |
| My Prairie Cookbook | 2014 | Buy |
| Back to the Prairie | 2022 | Buy |
Melissa Gilbert became a household name as Laura Ingalls on the long-running TV series Little House on the Prairie, starting the role at age nine. Her writing career draws directly on that experience and the life that followed, from Hollywood fame to personal reinvention.
Prairie Tale, her first memoir, is a candid account of growing up on a television set, the pressures of child stardom, and the substance abuse and relationship difficulties that came afterward. Back to the Prairie picks up decades later, when Gilbert and her husband Timothy Busfield left Los Angeles for a small town in Michigan, trading celebrity life for something quieter.