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The Sarah plain & tall collection

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"Sarah, Plain and Tall:" A mail-order bride from Maine travels to Kansas in 1910 to join a widower, John Witting, and his two children. "Skylark:" The Witting family is tested first by drought and then by separation, as Sarah and the children are forced to leave their Kansas farm to join Sarah's aunts in Maine while Jacob remains behind to try to save their livelihood. "Sarah Plain and Tall: Winter's End:" Having abandoned his family decades ago, Jacob's father John returns to the farm to try to mend his relationship with his son.

Sarah plain and tall

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Skylark

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When drought tests the committment of a mail-order bride to her new family, her stepchildren hope they can remain a family. Based on the novel by Patricia MacLachlan.

Sarah, plain and tall

Submitted by khenkes on Fri, 12/27/2019 - 10:15

In 1910 an uncompromising New England spinster answers the ad placed by a grieving Kansas widower requesting a kind woman to share his life.

Journey

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The story of grandparents who pick up the piecestheir restless daughter leaves behind. When Min deserted her children and the family farm, her son Journey has nothing left but confusion. Despite gentle wisdom and help from his older sister Cat, Journey cannot understand why his beloved family doesn't always live up to his expectations. Based on the book by Patricia MacLachlan.

Sarah, Plain and Tall

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The hundred-year barn

  • MacLachlan, Patricia
"One hundred years ago, a little boy watched his family and community come together to build a grand red barn. This barn become his refuge and home-a place to play with friends and farm animals alike. As seasons passed, the barn weathered many storms. The boy left and returned a young man, to help on the farm and to care for the barn again. The barn has stood for one hundred years, and it will stand for a hundred more: a symbol of peace, stability, caring and community"--OCLC.
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Painting the wind

  • MacLachlan, Patricia
A young painter listens and learns as he spends the summer observing and working with the artists who flock to his island for the season.
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What you know first

  • MacLachlan, Patricia
As a family prepares to move away from their farm, the daughter reflects on all the things she loves there so that when her baby brother is older she can tell him what it was like.
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Someone like me

  • MacLachlan, Patricia
In this semi-autobiographical picture book, author Patricia MacLachlan relates what it might take to grow up to become a writer.

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