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A review by lindsaylovestoread
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
5.0
I love Sarah, Plain and Tall so much.
As a child, I read it a couple of years after it was published and it stirred up my interest in homesteading family stories, which led me to the Little House series.
I’m happy to report that it’s still delightful after all these years.
When Anna’s mom dies the day after giving birth to her little brother, Caleb, there is no more singing in the home on the prairie. The family of three gets by for years, but Papa wants to remarry.
Jacob places an ad in various newspapers for a wife and Sarah from Maine replies (and eventually travels by train to visit for one month...”just to see”).
The rest of the book covers her time with the family. They go about their ordinary tasks in their ordinary lives, and Patricia MacLachlan writes about the ordinary so beautifully.
Whether you have little ones to read it with or just want to revisit one of the most distinguished books in American Children’s Literature (it’s a Newberry Medal winner), find a copy at your library and enjoy!
As a child, I read it a couple of years after it was published and it stirred up my interest in homesteading family stories, which led me to the Little House series.
I’m happy to report that it’s still delightful after all these years.
When Anna’s mom dies the day after giving birth to her little brother, Caleb, there is no more singing in the home on the prairie. The family of three gets by for years, but Papa wants to remarry.
Jacob places an ad in various newspapers for a wife and Sarah from Maine replies (and eventually travels by train to visit for one month...”just to see”).
The rest of the book covers her time with the family. They go about their ordinary tasks in their ordinary lives, and Patricia MacLachlan writes about the ordinary so beautifully.
Whether you have little ones to read it with or just want to revisit one of the most distinguished books in American Children’s Literature (it’s a Newberry Medal winner), find a copy at your library and enjoy!