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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Other titles in the Sarah, Plain and Tall Saga series:Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall Saga)by Patricia Maclachlan
AwardsJohn Newbery medal.
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Their mother died 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 Sara Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Ana, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah desides 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? 1986 Christopher Award 1986 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Children 1986 Golden Kite Award for Fiction (SCBW) Notable Children's Book of 1985 (ALA) 1985 Children's Editors' Choices (BL) Best Books of 1985 (SLJ) Children's Choices for 1986 (IRA/CBC) Outstanding Children's Books of 1985 (N.Y. Times Book Review) International Board of Books for Young People Honor List for Writing, 1988 1986 Notable Trade Book in the Language Arts (NCTE) 1986 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book) 1985 Books for Children (Library of Congress) 1988 Garden State Children's Book Award (New Jersey) 1988 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Arkansas) 100 Favorite Paperbacks 1989 (IRA/CBC) Best of the 80's (BL) 1986 Christopher Award 1986 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Children 1986 Golden Kite Award for Fiction (SCBW) Notable Children's Books of 1985 (ALA) 1985 Children's Editors' Choices (BL) Best Books of 1985 (SLJ) Children's Choices for 1986 (IRA/CBC) Outstanding Children's Books of 1985 (NYTBR) 1986 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book) 1985 Children's Books (Library of Congress) 1988 Garden State Children's Book Award (New Jersey Library Association) 1988 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Arkansas) 100 Favorite Paperbacks of 1989 (IRA/CBC) Best of the '80s (BL) 1986 Notable Children's Trade Books in the Language Arts (NCTE) 1988 Choices (Association of Booksellers for Children) 1988 International Borad of Books for Young People Honor List for Writing 1986 Jefferson Cup Award (Virginia Library Association) Review:"In a near-perfect miniature novel, two children experience the apprehensions and joys of the possibility of a new mother, when their father invites a mail-order bride to their prairie home." (-- BL.) Synopsis:"Did Mama sing every day?" 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? About the AuthorPatricia MacLachlan is the bestselling author of beloved books for young readers, including Arthur, For the Very First Time, winner of the Golden Kite Award for fiction; The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt; and Sarah, Plain and Tall, winner of the Newbery Medal, as well as its sequels, Skylark, Caleb's Story and More Perfect Than the Moon. Her picture books include Who Loves Me?, Three Names, What You Know First, and All the Places to Love and Bittle, Painting the Wind, and Once I Ate a Pie, which she cowrote with her daughter, Emily. She lives with her husband in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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