Little House on the Prairie is een Amerikaanse dramaserie van de zender NBC. De serie ging in première op 11 september 1974.
Little House on the Prairie volgt de belevenissen van Charles en Caroline Ingalls en hun drie dochters Mary, Laura en Carrie aan het einde van de 19de eeuw in West Amerika.
Mr. Ingalls is severely delayed when a wheel breaks on his wagon in the pouring rain. This is the day of Charles and Caroline's wedding anniversary. Everything had been all prepared and set up for that day. When Charles doesn't show up in time, Caroline tells the children how hard it was to get Charles to notice her and how many heartbreaks she had before she finally knew that Charles loved her.