ˌLittle ˌHouse on the ˈPrairie BrE AmE
a novel for children, written by the US writer Laura Ingalls ↑ Wilder . The book describes her life as a child in the American Midwest in the 19th century, when her family were among the first white people to live there. It is also the name of a popular US television programme of the 1970s, which was based on Wilder's books.