Sarah, Plain and Tall

It is really neat to read a book you read as a child because you find new meaning in it, that you never had found before. I have been reading Sarah, Plain, and Tall, and I remember that was one of the first actual chapter books I read as a child. I remember when I read it before, I did not really like it and I thought it was very boring. As I read it now, I like how it is very descriptive and it is a great book to teach setting. This family lives out in the plains, so it describes in detail just their surroundings and the animals that they see and the colors etc. It is a great story of how a family comes together and what holds them all into place. I feel that this would be a great book for children who have lost a parent or group up in a single parent home because they could really relate. After reading it, it made me really want to use this book in teaching.