SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL

SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL by Patricia MacLachlan

Callie and I are reading through the Sarah, Plain and Tall series by Patricia MacLachlan. We are currently in Caleb's Story, so I will probably do a follow up post when we have finished as to which book was Callie's favorite. Callie is in 4th grade, so our setup on this series is to read each book independently and then get together for a discussion at the end of that book.

Sarah, Plain and Tall is the beautiful story of a father, Jacob, and his two children, Caleb and Anna who live on the prairie.Told from Anna's viewpoint a few years after their mother died in childbirth, there is a huge hole left in their lives, and their father decides to place an ad in a newspaper looking for a wife. Sarah, who lives in Maine, responds to the ad and comes for a trial visit. However, it is clear that the golden browns of the prairie are a lot different than the greens and blues of Maine, and Sarah is homesick.

Sarah, Plain and Tall is not a fast paced book. The problems that typically happen on the prairie are ones that are not easily solved over night. They are worked on in the same way that the crops are planted, slow and steady with time.

Books following Sarah, Plain and Tall

-Skylark

-Caleb's Story

-More Perfect Than the Moon

-Grandfather's Dance

Alongside Activity- There are 3 movies that follow the Sarah, Plain and Tall series produced by Hallmark:Sarah, Plain and Tall, Skylark, and Winter's End. Glenn Close and Christopher Walken play Sarah and Jacob.