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.
Mary and John have fallen deeply in love and want to get married, but John has a problem. He must decide if he will accept a scholarship and go to college or stay with Mary. At first Mary doesn't want him to go until she and John both realize that he must take the scholarship to try to make his dreams of becoming a writer a reality.