Laura has to do her part to help run the Ingalls family farm. From helping Pa smoke meat to planting seeds and making cheese with her Ma, Laura is a big help. Pa doesn't know what he'd do without her.
Ingalls wrote a series of historical fiction books for children based on her childhood growing up in a pioneer family. She also wrote a regular newspaper column and kept a diary as an adult moving from South Dakota to Missouri, the latter of which has been published as a book.