Patricia MacLachlan

Sarah, Plain and Tall

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This children's literature classic series 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. Patricia MacLachlan's stories about Sarah, Papa, Anna, and the rest of the Witting family gently explore timeless themes of abandonment, loss, and love. This collection includes all five books in the series.
Sarah, Plain and Tall: This Newbery Medal-winning book tells the story of how Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton comes from Maine to the prairie to answer Papa's advertisement for a wife and mother. Before Sarah arrives, Anna and her younger brother Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she sing? Will she stay?
Skylark: Jacob is a man of the land but for Sarah, the prairie isn't yet her home. So when a drought threatens to devastate their way of life, Jacob must save the farm. But the children go back to the home Sarah knew first, Maine, where there is family and an ocean. But will they ever be a family again on the prairie?
Caleb's Story: «It′s your job now," Anna says as she hands Caleb her journals, asking him to continue writing the family story. But Sarah, Jacob, Anna, Caleb, and their new little sister, Cassie, have already formed a family, and Caleb fears there will be nothing left to write about. But that is before Cassie discovers a mysterious old man in the barn and everything changes. Everyone is excited about the arrival of a new family member except for Jacob, who holds a bitter grudge.
More Perfect than the Moon: Cassie spends her days watching Grandfather and Caleb in the barn, looking out at Papa working the fields, spying on her mother, Sarah, feeding the goslings. She's an observer, a writer, a storyteller. Everything is as it should be. But change is inevitable, even on the prairie. Something new is expected, and Sarah says it will be the perfect gift. Cassie isn't so sure.
Grandfather's Dance: Cassie's sister Anna's wedding brings two lovebirds together, aunts from faraway Maine, a long white dress with a wedding veil, dancing under a clear blue sky, and a world that smells of roses. As the Witting family comes together for this most special day, Cassie sees that life brings the change of seasons, brother Jack on Grandfather's lap, joy, sorrow, and a special dance only Grandfather does.
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198 printed pages
Publication year
2014
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Impressions

  • MMshared an impression5 years ago
    💞Loved Up

    I first got to know it thanks to Hallmark movies but the movies didn't cover the whole series . I love it, the stories have a lot of heart . I like the story of Jacob's reconciliation with his father - the grandfather brings in a lot of spark to the story. I love Sarah and Jacob and Cassie's vivid imagination and ever inquisitive mind . The stories are written down by Witting children in their journals -Anna, Caleb and then Cassie. It's really warm and good feelings.

  • lielyliely64shared an impression7 years ago
    💞Loved Up

    Nice a novel

Quotes

  • MMhas quoted5 years ago
    sounds of voices and laughter are like little pebbles

    All around us.

    We can reach up and scoop them up in our hands

    Holding them close to us.

    Saving them forever.
  • MMhas quoted5 years ago
    wishes and hopes and dreams were good things to fill my journal. Maybe, he said, some of them would come true.”
  • MMhas quoted5 years ago
    Like a skylark Sarah sings!’ Papa said you’d never come to earth.”

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