num_pages: 58
description: "Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna."Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too."This 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.Supports the Common Core State Standards
language: English
title: Sarah, Plain and Tall
titlecomplete: Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Juvenile, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Classics, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 84590
series: Sarah, Plain and Tall
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Scott O'Dell Award, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Boekenleeuw, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature
publisher: Harper & Row