Sarah, Plain and Tall: A Newbery Award Winner: A Newbery Award Winner
This beloved 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 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.
This anniversary edition includes author Patricia MacLachlan's Newbery speech, a discussion guide, and a reading list. This modern classic is a strong choice for independent reading.
Read the rest of the Sarah books by Patricia MacLachlan: Skylark, Caleb's Story, More Perfect than the Moon, and Grandfather's Dance.
Book details
- Format
- Mass Market Paperbound
- Publication date
- March 3, 2015
- ISBN
- 9780062399526
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Series
- Sarah, Plain and Tall, Sarah, Plain and Tall, 1, Book 1
- Age range
- 06–10
- Grade range
- 1–5
- BISAC
- Juvenile Fiction, Classics, Family, Blended Families, Lifestyles, Farm Life & Ranch Life, Country Life, Historical, United States - 19th Century, Social Themes, Poverty & Homelessness, Readers, Chapter Books, New Baby, Activity Books, General, Short Stories, Animals, Cats
- Themes
- Rural, Family, 19th Century
- Related subjects
- Fiction, Stepmothers, Families, Frontier and pioneer life, Juvenile works