The Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center’s Scholar Series will present a historical reenactment of American educator, author and journalist Laura Ingalls Wilder performed by Louise Willard of the American Association of University Women on Friday, April 27, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Wilder was the creator of the much-loved children’s series of “Little House” books that recounted her life as a young girl on the Western frontier during the late 1800s. It was a life fraught with hardships, struggles and challenges. Wilder demonstrated remarkable courage and optimism in the face of adversity.

Wilder moved with her family from place to place across America’s heartland. In 1932, at the age of 65, she published the first of her eight “Little House” books, “Little House in the Big Woods.” It told the story of her early childhood years in Wisconsin and was a huge hit with readers.

“Farmer Boy,” an account of Manly’s childhood in New York state, followed in 1933. Two years later, “Little House on the Prairie” appeared on the shelves. Five more books followed that took the reader through Wilder’s courtship and marriage to Manly — “On the Banks of Plum Creek” (1937), “By the Shores of Silver Lake” (1939), “The Long Winter (1940),” “Little Town on the Prairie (1941)” and “These Happy Golden Years” (1943).

The SCV Senior Center is located at 22900 Market Street, Newhall 91321.

For more information, phone the Center at 661-259-9444.