July 5, 2026 / 10:20 AM EDT

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It's maybe not by accident that a new adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's semi-autobiographical book series, "Little House on the Prairie," returns to screens this summer, the 250th anniversary of the country's founding. "A lot of people consider them children's literature, but I really do think they're really about sort of how America became America," said writer and showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine.

"Little House on the Prairie" stars Crosby Fitzgerald as Caroline Ingalls, Luke Bracey as Charles Ingalls, Skywalker Hughes as Mary Ingalls, and Alice Halsey as Laura Ingalls.