Nellie Oleson Meets Laura Ingalls by Heather Williams

Early in the series, the character of Nellie closely resembled her counterpart from the books - mainly as portrayed in On the Banks of Plum Creek. Her parents, Nels and Harriet Oleson, owned the mercantile in the small town of Walnut Grove, set in post- Civil War Minnesota. Played by actress Alison Arngrim, Nellie Oleson was a manipulative, witty, sharp-tongued character on the NBC television show, Little House on the Prairie. The Little House books were later adapted into a long-running television series. Little House on the Prairie television series The Library of Congress catalog summary is 'Wealthy, spoiled Nellie Oleson is only happy when she is the center of attention, and so she feels angry and left out when Laura Ingalls, a poor country girl, moves to Walnut Grove and is embraced by Nellie's friends and schoolteacher.' Nellie Oleson Meets Laura Ingalls is one among dozens of Little House series extensions published beginning in the 1990s.

Sutherland as Heather Williams, published by HarperCollins in 2007. Oleson also stars in Nellie Oleson Meets Laura Ingalls, a 2007 by Tui T. On the Banks of Plum Creek alone is set in Minnesota, near Walnut Grove where the long-running television series is set. Laura is 13 to 15 years old in the two intervening novels. Nellie Oleson appeared in three of the Little House novels Ingalls Wilder: On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937), Little Town on the Prairie (1939), and These Happy Golden Years (1943) - the fourth, seventh, and eighth in the series.

Nellie Oleson Meets Laura Ingalls by Heather Williams