Patricia MacLachlan
Author · 65 books
Patricia MacLachlan was born on the prairie, and always carried a small bag of prairie dirt with her wherever she went to remind her of what she knew first. She was the author of many well-loved novels and picture books, including Sarah, Plain and Tall, winner of the Newbery Medal; its sequels, Skylark and Caleb's Story; and Three Names, illustrated by Mike Wimmer. She lived in western Massachusetts.
Series
Books
Sarah, Plain and Tall
1985
The Poet's Dog
2016
Barkus
The Most Fun: Book 3
2021
More Perfect than the Moon
2004
Sarah Plain and Tall Boxed Set
2001
Just Dance
2017
Seven Kisses in a Row (Charlotte Zolotow Books
1983
Word After Word After Word
2010
Barkus
2017
Wondrous Rex
2020
Before You Came
2011
Once I Ate a Pie
2006
The Truth of Me
2013
Newbery Award Library II
And Now, Miguel, Bridge to Terebithia, Sarah Plain and Tall, The Wheel on the School
1988
Lala Salama
A Tanzanian Lullaby
2011
Cassie Binegar
1980
Dream Within a Dream
2019
Through Grandpa's Eyes
1971
The True Gift
A Christmas Story
2009
Snow Horses
A First Night Story
2022
Waiting for the Magic
2011
The Sick Day
1979
Barkus Dog Dreams
2018
Painting the Game
2024
The Iridescence of Birds
A Book About Henri Matisse
2014
My Father's Words
2018
It's Fine to Be Nine
2000
The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt
1988
Three Names
1991
Fiona Loves the Night
2007
Journey
1991
Cat Talk
2013
Someone Like Me
2017
Caleb's Story
2000
Fly Away
2014
What You Know First
1995
White Fur Flying
2013
When Grandfather Flew
2021
My Poet
2022
Bittle
2004
Tomorrow's Wizard
1982
Grandfather's Dance
2006
You Were the First
2013
Prairie Days
2013
Edward's Eyes
2007
It's Great to Be Eight
2000
The Boxcar Children Beginning
The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm
2012
Snowflakes Fall
2013
Your Moon, My Moon
A Grandmother's Words to a Faraway Child
2011
Baby
1993
I Didn't Do It
2010
A Secret Shared
2021
Skylark
1994
Who Loves Me?
2005
Painting the Wind
2003
Arthur, For the Very First Time
1980
The Hundred-Year Barn
2019
My Friend Earth
2020
Kindred Souls
2012
The Moon's Almost Here
2016
Nora's Chicks
2013
Mama One, Mama Two
1982
My Life Begins!
2022
Little Robot Alone
2018
Unclaimed Treasures
1984
