Sarah, plain and tall
by MacLachlan, Patricia.
Large Print 2005 |
Available at 3 Libraries 3 of 3 copies |
Summary
"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?
Additional Information
Subjects |
Witting family (Fictitious characters)
-- Fiction.
Stepmothers -- Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction. Large type books. |
Publisher | Waterville, Me. :Thorndike Press,2005 |
Edition | Large print ed. |
Language |
English |
Notes |
Originally published: 1985. |
Awards |
Newbery Medal, 1986 |
Description |
88 pages (large print) ; 22 cm |
ISBN | 0786280646 (large print : pbk. : alk. paper) 9780786280643 (large print : pbk. : alk. paper) |
Other | Classic View |