Plain and Tall

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If it’s been awhile since you’ve read Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, I think you should run-not-walk to the library. 

One of my girls chose it last week and when we’ve needed our little respites from inner-tubing and cannonballs, we’ve tucked up onto the sleeping porch at our cottage and read it aloud.

 
Oh, and that’s the other thing. You really should read it aloud.
It is a poem. A lovely little poem.
One part Laura Ingalls, one part Woody Guthrie, one part Emily Dickinson.

Plus, there’s the “tough broad” aspect to it, which you’ve got to love.

 
We rationed ourselves to two chapters per sitting, but still it went too fast.
It is a poem. A lovely little poem.

8 Responses to “Plain and Tall”

  1. Anonymous

    Can you believe I’ve *never* read it?

    I need to.

    Jules at 7-Imp

  2. lurban

    This is one of my all-time favorite books, right up there with MISSING MAY and CHARLOTTE’S WEB. One of the best Christmases I ever spent was on the couch with my weeks-old babe, reading SARAH aloud.