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Enjoy this popular book in Chinese and English! Sarah, Plain and Tall tells the story of Sarah, who came from Maine to answer Jacob's advertisement for a wife and mother. The story is narrated from the point of view of young Anna, one of the children that Sarah is asked to mother. The classic story continues in Skylark, as Anna and her brother, Caleb, must travel with their new mother to Maine when a terrible drought threatens their home. Caleb picks up the story several years later in Caleb's Story, telling of the return of his grandfather, who had abandoned the family when their father, Jacob, was a only young boy. The first section of the book has been translated into tradition Chinese. However, about half way through, the second section, which consists of the original English text, of the book begins.

本书叙述两个自小生长在草原、失去妈妈的孩子，想为爸爸留下新太太、也就是他们的新妈妈的努力和心情。整个故事从12岁的女儿安娜的视角出发．一点一滴地赋予每一个日常事件以生命．展示了儿童美丽、善良而又复杂的内心活动。本书的教育意义就是向小读者介绍草原上的农家生活，以期扩大青少年的生活视野：而本书作者的乐观、坦诚，是贯穿这个故事的隐线。这是一本能带给读者极大美感享受的好书。