Sarah, Plain and Tall

Sarah, Plain and Tall
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1987-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0064402053

"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too." Their mother died the day after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Anna, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah decides to come for a month. She writes Papa: I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall, and Tell them I sing. Anna and Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay?

Skylark

Skylark
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2013-06-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062285785

The second book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. My mother, Sarah, doesn't love the prairie. She tries, but she can't help remembering what she knew first. Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought turned the land dry and brown. Fires swept across the fields and coyotes came to the well in search of water. So Sarah took Anna and Caleb back east, where they would be safe. Papa stayed behind. He would not leave his land. Maine was beautiful, but Anna missed home, and Papa. And as the weeks went by, she began to wonder what would happen if the rains never came. Would she and Caleb and Sarah and Papa ever be a family again?

Caleb's Story

Caleb's Story
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2013-06-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062285718

The third book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. Anna has done something terrible. She has given me a journal to fill. "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. 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. Only the special love of Caleb, and the gift he offers, can help to mend the pain of the past.

Grandfather's Dance

Grandfather's Dance
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 103
Release: 2013-06-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062285742

The fifth book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. Jack leans back on Grandfather's shoulder. Aunt Mattie's knitting needles click in the dark. The moon rises. The candle flickers in the gentle prairie wind. I close my eyes to keep everything there. Could anything be more perfect than a prairie wedding? Cassie Witting doesn't think so, for her 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.

More Perfect Than the Moon

More Perfect Than the Moon
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2004-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780060275587

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.

Sarah, Plain & Tall (eBook)

Sarah, Plain & Tall (eBook)
Author: Janice K. Rugg-Davis
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 51
Release: 1994-09-01
Genre:
ISBN: 0787780642

This teaching unit helps introduce fine literature to students with a wide range of reading abilities. Each teaching unit promotes oral and written language proficiency through discussion questions and writing assignments that develop comprehension, application, synthesis, and evaluation skills. Reproducible pages contain classroom-tested activities that reinforce thinking skills while introducing the concept of analysis through class discussion. Extensive background information is provided for the teacher; students are presented with the elements of fiction, including setting, characterization, plot, point of view, and theme.

Your Moon, My Moon

Your Moon, My Moon
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2011-08-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416982612

For many children who live far away from their grandparents, it can be hard to understand why they can't always be together. Patricia MacLachlan has created a bridge to close the distance by finding connections in memories and the moon they share. A beautiful, lyrical poem coupled with Bryan Collier's rich collages, Here and There celebrates the importance of staying close to your family, even across thousands of miles.

Home Again

Home Again
Author: Kallie George
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2018-07-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1484747399

Courage, kindness, and adventure abounds in this charming, illustrated chapter book series about a mouse discovering the true meaning of home. It's summer at the Heartwood Hotel, and everyone is in a flurry getting ready for Ms. Prickles's wedding to Mr. Quillson! Meanwhile, a new mouse guest named Strawberry comes to stay. She's sweet and soft-spoken like Mona, and gifted in the kitchen just as Mona's mother was-could Strawberry be a long-lost relative? But when lightning strikes part of Fernwood Forest and starts a fire, all thoughts go to the guests and staff hurrying to leave to make sure their homes and families are safe. Mona works to protect the Heartwood from harm, but as the fire rages on, it's becoming dangerous to stay. Can Mona and her friends save their home before it's too late? These heartwarming stories will delight newly independent readers.

Fly Away

Fly Away
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2015-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442460091

While in North Dakota helping her Aunt Frankie prepare for a possible flood, Lucy finds her voice as a poet with the help of her two-year-old brother Teddy, the rest of their family, and a few cows.

Waiting for the Magic

Waiting for the Magic
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2012-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416927468

When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.