Laura, the Prairie Girl / Characters

See here for characters in the original book and here for characters in the 1974 TV series.

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Ingalls Family

As a whole

Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The titular Laura has dark brown hair in plaits. Her little sister has short red hair and her big sister has long, reddish-blonde hair.
Happily Married: Charlie and Caroline have been married for years and have three children. They wander state to state looking for a better life, going from Wisconsin to Kansas to Minnesota, and are always ready to support one another.
Cute, but Cacophonic: Both Laura and Carrie are small children, but Laura is a Genki Girl who gets overly carried away with herself, and Carrie shreiks whenever she's upset.
Down on the Farm: The Ingalls work on a rural Wisconsin farm, with chickens, horses, dogs and ducks. Laura and Mary help care for the animals while their parents do most of the farming work.
Strong Family Resemblance: Laura has her father's chestnut-brown hair, and Carrie and Mary are both redheads (though Mary's hair leans on being blonde).
Textile Work Is Feminine: The Ingall women love to sew, but while Laura's mother and older sister are good at it, she leaves a lot to be desired.

Laura Ingalls

Annoying Younger Sibling: Laura is this to Mary. While Mary is graceful, elegant and refined, Laura is the complete opposite of her, and sees her as Always Someone Better. Sometimes this gets really ugly, like when Laura and Mary fight over a doll and Laura ends up accidentally tearing it apart, making Mary cry.
Cute Clumsy Girl: Laura tends to get swept up in the hay, knock over plates, tear clothing and screw up anything she's tasked with because she's that stubborn and reckless.
Friend to All Living Things: Laura's more inclined to animals than she is to humans, considering her horse and dog her best friends, and also opposing hunting animals.
Genki Girl: Laura loves living in Wisconsin and being a Farmer's Daughter, and is often tailed by Jack the family dog wherever she goes as they share a mutual vigour for the world. She loves running, playing, working and jumping, and she's never saddened or put down in the face of tragedy.
Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Laura loves getting messy and muddy and playing with her horse and dog, but she also has a love of dolls and the colour pink, and ties her hair in plaits.

Mary Ingalls

Cool Big Sis: She is everything Laura isn't, and Laura wishes she could be like her. Even though they fight, the two genuinely care for each other.
Long Hair Is Feminine: Mary is a girly girl compared to her two tomboyish sisters and has long hair. She also enjoys sewing with her mother and playing with dolls.

Charles Ingalls

Action Dad: When Laura is in dire need of medical attention, her father rushes to get her help. When the entrance outside their vhouse is barred by a gushing stream of water, he puts Laura on his back and wades through with a rope attached to a tree.
Nice Guy: He's a kind-hearted man who treats all his neighbours with respect and wants to raise Laura, Mary and Carrie into being good people.

Caroline Ingalls

Action Mom: Caroline isn't a slouch in this department either. When she sees her husband antagonized by wolves, she picks up a shotgun.
The Gunslinger: She owns a shotgun rifle. Justified as this is 1800s-1900s America, where they were actually the norm. Especially in rural areas where animals were a threat.
Prim and Proper Bun: Her default hairstyle is this, as like her daughter Mary she has long hair.

Carrie Ingalls

The Baby of the Bunch: She is two years old, the youngest Ingalls sister, and doted on by Laura and Mary.
Boyish Short Hair: Possibly justified since she's a baby, and her hair hasn't had that much time to grow. She has short red hair.