“Did Mama sing every day?” Caleb asks his sister Anna.
“Every-single-day,” she answers. “Papa sang, too.”
This Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan’s chapter book series about the Witting family. Set in the late nineteenth century and told from young Anna’s point of view, Sarah, Plain and Tall tells the story of how Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton comes from … 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?
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. Sarah, Plain and Tall gently explores themes of abandonment, loss, and love.
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I was doing some chores today and wanted a quick audiobook to listen to while I worked. This was only 60 minutes long, so I listened. I’d never read the book, so why not?
What an absolutely delightful story. I wish I’d known about this book when I was a kid — I would have devoured it, and probably the rest of the series. It very much has that …
Anna and Caleb have had no mother for 6 years, as theirs died the day after Caleb was born. When their father decides to place an advertisement for a wife and mother, Sarah Wheaton answers it, coming from her home in Maine to visit the Whittings in Kansas to see if they’re a good fit.
I remember watching the movies with Christopher Walken and …
I’ve often heard that Sarah, Plain and Tall is a very good book, but somehow I hadn’t read it before.
It’s a deceptively simple story, short, with easy-to-read language. Despite its simplicity, the story packs a big emotional punch.
Sarah, who is in fact plain and tall, comes from her home near the sea to the Nebraska prairies. She’s supposed to …
This is much shorter than I remember it being. But I think it says quite a lot that the character of Sarah and her story that she has stayed with me for so many years after reading this book for school so long ago. But still- much shorter than I remember it being. Or perhaps I am just taller. Is this a book I will reread again? Maybe aloud to …
i love it
the classic
This book was the first Newbery award winning book I read, and ever since i have become a fan of these award winning books.
This book is so easy to read and the simplicity just tugs at your heart , and in it lies the beauty of this book. the characters are so vivid , the setting so rural .
just a heads up, though this book is for young …
This book is very vibrant and illustrates a magnificent story!
A great story by a talented writer. A must have for every library.