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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
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In the late 19th century, Anna lives on a farm telling her brother Caleb tales of their mother, who died in childbirth when he was born. When their father sents out an advertisement for a bride, he is answered by Sarah Elizabeth Wheaton of Maine. When Sarah comes to visit, Anna and Caleb immediately fall in love, and are desperate for her to stay. A sweet little tale, Sarah, Plain and Tall made the perfect audiobook for a road trip, coming in at only an hour long.
Anna & Caleb are two motherless children who live on a farm with their father. Sarah is a mail ordered bride candidate for their father. The story revolves around them getting to know Sarah and how she adapts to the environment which is a total opposite of the place where she grew up.
I LOVE this feel-good story. There’s not much of a conflict but you can feel the underlying insecurities of the two children and the desperation of wanting a mother. Both children are sweet and by the end of the book, I felt that it’s too short. Glad that there are 5 books in the series!
Patricia MacLachlan's Kindred Souls (YHBA 14-15 nom) inspired me to revisit Sarah, Plain and Tall. Apparently I suffer from some form of book amnesia because I read this as a grade school student, as a public librarian, and now for a third time as a school librarian and only bits of it seemed vaguely familiar. I do consider Sarah essential reading for grade levels studying westward expansion. Both MacLachlan books would be great mentor texts for teaching dialogue within writing workshop. #bookaday
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It's such a sweet, simple tale about learning to cope with change. At the moment, my 6-year-old daughter finds it boring for the lack of pictures. :) I look forward to the day I can share this book with her.
Boring, I remember reading it in school. But, I couldn't remember if I liked it or not. As an adult, I hated it.
I read this in elementary school, but couldn't remember much about it. It was a sweet story with some meaningful ideas.
My goodness, how nice to read something sweet and old-fashioned once in a while. My memories of this story come mostly from the movie version I saw as a kid, but I love this little book as well.
I loved this book as a child, but when I re-read this today I SUPER loved it. Now I must read every book this author has ever written, IMMEDIATELY.