I feel the need, as a writer, to weigh in on the latest controversy surrounding the American Library Association's decision to strip Laura Ingalls Wilder's name from the Assoc. for Library Service for Children's literature award. If you haven't heard about this, here is an article about it from NPR: ARTICLE I love the Little House books. So much so that as a little girl, I wanted to don a little gingham dress and bonnet, climb into the nearest covered wagon and head out west