As mentioned briefly here, I am joining Amber at The Literary Wife in an informal reading challenge of sorts as we read and blog our way through  the top 100 children’s books as voted on by readers of Elizabeth Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production.

Maclachlan, Patricia. (1985). Sarah Plain and Tall.  New York: HarperCollins.  ISBN: 978-0060241018 (hc) 978-0064402057 (pb)

I don’t remember reading this book as a child, although it was published when I was in 4th grade.  What I remember is seeing Glenn Close and Christopher Walken on television, loving the story and the realism of the movie, and seeking the book.  I loved how eloquent it was in its simplicity, how layered and complex in just a few short words.  And I loved how the movie captured and expanded the story in a way that was so true to the book and the characters.  I cannot separate the book from the movie or the movie from the book–and that’s okay with me.

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