Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Harper and Rowe Publishers, 1985
Genre: Traditional Literature (Based on a true family event)
Age Range: 3-6
Summary: This book is based on a true story about these two children searching for their love from their mother. Anna and Caleb are two motherless children, who live all alone with their father in an isolated, rural community in turn of the century America. Life is difficult on the farm for the three lonely family members and are going through hard times. There are no neighbors close by and Papa still doesn't feel any need to search for a new love. There are not many women for them to meet anyways due to the town being so isolated. Caleb is still young and needs the love from a mother. Their mama died after giving birth to Caleb, and he has never known the love of a mother. Anna's heart is broken because she can give Caleb the love he needs and deserves and also because she misses her mother whom she remembers.
Response: I absolutely loved this book. I think I remember reading this book when I was little, but never saw the good side of the story. Books are more sentiment to you as you get older and can relate it to your own life experiences. This book made me feel young again and blessed to have my whole family with me. I think young girls that are mature would love this book. It's a great lesson and has a good moral to it for the children to learn by. I wouldn't read this book to the class or have the class read it, but I would provide it for the children to read.
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