Wendy McClure

Author and Professional Obsessive.

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Don’t Trade the Baby for a Horse
And Other Ways to Make Your Life
a Little More Laura Ingalls Wilder

Amazon Kindle | B&N Nook | Google eBook | IndieBound* | iTunes

An electrical book? Such a marvel! More than a dozen half-pint-sized essays on savoring candy, singing worry songs, passing slates, and plenty of other approaches to living La Vida Laura. Read about smart muskrats, sugar barrels, pig bladder balloons, and more! Available for all major eBook platforms.

Tips & Additional Info

* To order a Google eBook through an independent bookseller, visit the Indiebound eBook page, pick a store (listed by state), then go to the eBook search link on the store’s web site. Enter Don’t Trade the Baby’s title or ISBN (9781101579732) and purchase.

Don’t have an e-reader? You can read the book on a computer, through a web browser, or on a smartphone with the following apps:  Free Kindle Apps | Free Nook Apps | Google Play Web Reader

Please note: this eSpecial is not available as a hardcover, paperback, or wooden three-penny slate. To publish it this way would cost many, many more pennies.

Hello! Over the past few years my creative work and professional life has shifted into areas that are little more private and analog than they used to be. But I'll still share what I've been up to, and this year (2026) will update this site accordingly. Please sign up for update emails if you want to catch up! (I'll also post an update to my Substack, but not sure if I'll have new content there.)

Selected Press and Links

  • Essay: A Little House Adulthood For the American Masters documentary on Laura Ingalls Wilder, I contributed a piece to the PBS website about revisiting the Little House books.
  • Essay: The Christmas Tape (At Longreads.com) How an old audio tape of holiday music became a record of family history, unspoken rituals, and grief.
  • Q & A With Wendy McClure Publishers Weekly interview about editing, Wanderville and more.

Where else to find me

  • Candyboots Home of the Weight Watcher recipe cards
  • Malcolm Jameson Site (in progress) about my great-grandfather, a Golden Age sci-fi writer.
  • My Instagram Ha, the only social media where I post these days!

In the works

  • My Etsy Store Where I’ll be selling copies of my books, zines, and more. Part merch, part… garage sale?
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