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by: Patricia MacLachlan See Larger Image Used Price: $6.52 Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9781557360809 Format: Large Print ISBN: 1557360804 Label: ABC-CLIO Manufacturer: ABC-CLIO Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 90 Publication Date: 1988-09 Publisher: ABC-CLIO Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Sales Rank: 1876994 Studio: ABC-CLIO Related Items: Skylark (Sarah, Plain and Tall) Caleb's Story (Sarah, Plain and Tall) Island of the Blue Dolphins Stone Fox Number the Stars see more Editorial Review: Product Description: When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay. Amazon.com Review: MacLachlan, author of Unclaimed Treasures, has written an affecting tale for children. In the late 19th century a widowed midwestern farmer with two children--Anna and Caleb--advertises for a wife. When Sarah arrives she is homesick for Maine, especially for the ocean which she misses greatly. The children fear that she will not stay, and when she goes off to town alone, young Caleb--whose mother died during childbirth--is stricken with the fear that she has gone for good. But she returns with colored pencils to illustrate for them the beauty of Maine, and to explain that, though she misses her home, 'the truth of it is I would miss you more.' The tale gently explores themes of abandonment, loss and love. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Plain is Right... First off, let me clarify in my personal response that I've never been a fan of the historical fiction genre. Historical fiction books bore me, and they never seem to contain the excitement found in contemporary fiction. Sarah, Plain and Tall, while more character-centric than most historical fiction books, still just didn't catch my interest. I was just glad that unlike many historical fiction books, this one actually didn't shove random historical facts down the readers' throats in massive clumps ... Read More Rating: - awesome This is a great book that leaves you with a good feeling when you finish. A warm story of motherless children who wish to have a mother and want to help their father to find one. She is from the coast and he is a farmer... could this work? Read the book I recommend it. Anna del C. Author of "The Elf and the Princess" and "Trouble in the Elf City" The Elf and The Princess: The Silent Warrior Trilogy - Book One (The Silent Warrior Trilogy) Rating: - 8 year old kids's review of Sarah, Plain and Tall The story of Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLaclan is a pioneer fiction about a family who needs a mother and a wife, and a lady who needs a home. It is sad, funny, happy, scary, exciting, and keeps me guessing. Jacob Witting needs a helpful, hardworking wife and a mother for his young children Anna and Caleb. He puts an ad for a wife in the newspaper. He receives a response from Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton of Maine. In the early spring, Jacob goes to the train station to bring Sarah home. ... Read More Rating: - Wonderful book! This was one of the selected literature books for our home-school curriculum. We were delighted with this lovely book. It inspired us to watch the movie and order the rest of the books in the series. Very interesting story line. Rating: - Not for fourth graders... I read this in fourth grade and I don't think I was mature enough to read it. As soon as I found out that Sarah was not beautiful for some reason or another I thought that she was not worth paying attention to, so therefore I got zilch from this book. It wasn't even that I was an immature fourth grader, I was already reading adult books that were 400 pages long. So I just thought I'd put my two cents in... see more Browse for similar items by category: Large Print - Formats - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Children's Books Large Print - Formats - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Literature & Fiction Large Print - Formats - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General AAS ( M ) - Authors & Illustrators, A-Z - Children's Books - Subjects - Books - MacLachlan, Patricia Fiction - History & Historical Fiction - Children's Books - Subjects - Books - General