Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

|a Frontier and pioneer life |v Juvenile fiction. |a Mail order brides |0 |v Juvenile fiction. |a When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay. ©1985, 1994, 2001 Patricia MacLachlan (P)2003 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.|a Sarah, plain and tall / |c Patricia MacLachlan. This collection includes the first three books in the series: Sarah, Plain and Tall Skylark and Caleb's Story. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love. Sarah, Plain and Tall is a childrens book written by Patricia MacLachlan and the winner of the 1986 Newbery Medal, the 1986 Scott ODell Award for Historical. In fact, there are five books in the series and they just keep getting better and better This is storytelling at its best.

Read the rest of the Sarah books by Patricia MacLachlan: Skylark, Caleb’s Story, More Perfect than the Moon, and Grandfather’s Dance. Sarah, Plain and Tall Author: Patricia MacLachlan Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Year: 2015 ASIN: 0062399527 ISBN: 0062399527 FROM SARAH: An exquisite story. This anniversary edition includes author Patricia MacLachlans Newbery speech, a discussion guide, and a reading list. This children's literature classic is perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, historical fiction, and timeless stories using rich and beautiful language. MacLachlan loosely based the story off a woman her mother knew who moved from Maine to the prairie to become a wife and mother. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss, and love. Will Sarah be nice? Will she sing? Will she stay? Before Sarah arrives, Anna and her younger brother Caleb wait and wonder. Set in the late 19th century and told from young Anna's point of view, Sarah, Plain and Tall tells the story of how Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton comes from Maine to the prairie to answer Papa's advertisement for a wife and mother. The Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter book series about the Witting family. SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL is the story of a lonely family - widower Jacob and his children, Anna and Caleb - and Sarah, the east coast woman who answers Jacobs newspaper advertisement for a wife. 'Did Mama sing every day?' Caleb asks his sister Anna.

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan