33: Sarah, Plain and Tall

In this episode of Reading the Newberys, we discuss the winner of the 1986 Newbery Medal, Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan.

About Patricia MacLachlan

Themes and Lessons to Discuss with Children:

• Loss
• Fear of abandonment
• Community
• Formal letter writing
• Geography – Maine and the sea
• Geography – Prairies
• Farm life/Farm animals
• Weather – Squalls
• Seashells and ocean animals
• Science – erosion
• Drawing with pencils and colored pencils
• Charcoal drawing

If you enjoyed Sarah, Plain and Tall, you might enjoy these books as well:

• Sarah, Plain and Tall Series:
  • Skylark
  • Caleb’s Story
  • More Perfect than the Moon
  • Grandfather’s Dance
  • (Audiobooks narrated by Glenn Close)
• The Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Caddie Woodlawn by Carole Ryrie Brink (Listen to Reading the Newberys Episode 12!)
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Listen to Reading the Newberys Episode 27!)
• Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
• Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson

Other links from this episode:

Hallmark Visitors Center in Kansas City, MO

Midway Village Museum in Rockford, IL

Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom

Lauren’s Pick for Our Next Book:

Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark

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List of Newbery Medal Books

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