More Perfect Than the Moon

by Patricia MacLachlan

Book Overview

More Perfect than the Moon continues the classic tale of the Witting family's life on the prairie, in the lyrical style that Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan has made her own. This beautiful addition to the beloved, best-selling Sarah, Plain and Tall series reminds us that change can be wonderful--even perfect.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060751797
• ISBN13: 9780060751791
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5

Customer Reviews

Great series!

My daughter read this book soon after we got it! She has really enjoyed this whole series - this is the fourth book starting with Sarah, Plain and Tall.

More Perfect than the Moon: Review by Ava Cohen (age 8)

More Perfect than the Moon is a story about an eight-year-old girl named Cassie. I liked this book a lot because it was fun to read. Cassie was my favorite character because she is nice to everyone in her family and she is always happy until the very end. I recommend this book everyone, especially to seven and eight-year-old girls. This book is interesting and the story could happen to any normal girl. It is a very good book and you should read it.

More Perfect Than the Moon

"More Perfect Than The Moon" was a very entertaining and emotional book well written by Patricia MacLachlan. This was the 4th in her series Sarah, Plain and Tall. I enjoyed the movies on the Hallmark Channel and was so very surprised when I ordered all 5 books that they were Children's books. (I'm 77 years old). Patricia MacLachlan is an excellent writer and storyteller. The book and story-line is so life-like as it comes from happenings in her life. Thanks, Patricia!!

Excellent next chapter

to the series "Sarah,Plain and Tall." It is read by Glenn Close which makes the audio version perfect. Baby grows up to find out she isn't going to be the last baby in the house! She goes through a few transitions of whether she wants to have a new one in the house or not. The ending is - More Perfect than the Moon!

'More Perfect than the Moon' is a perfect read

Author Patricia MacLachlan, most famous for "Sarah, Plain and Tall," invites us back to re-visit the Witting family in "More Perfect than the Moon." Mother Sarah is pregnant in "More Perfect than the Moon," much to youngest daughter Cassie's chagrin. Cassie chronicles her feelings and emotions about the upcoming arrival of the 'terrible baby' in a private journal she keeps. Cassie's private journal entries are sometimes true happenings around the Witting farm. Other times, the entries are what Cassie wishes would happen. Either way, the entries had me smiling and laughing out loud. MacLachlan holds true to her typical writing style and shows us that change is inevitable and made bearable by the love of family. Another heart-warming, laugh-out-loud, easy read by MacLachlan.

A STELLAR READING

Versatile and always impressive actress Glenn close surely merits all the accolades and awards she has received (4 Oscar nominations, 3 Tony Awards, 1 Emmy Award, and 3 Grammy nominations). Few will forget her over the top performance in Fatal Attraction then a remarkable switch of gears to 101 Dalmatians. She uses her considerable gifts to vivify the narrator in this, the fourth installment in the Sarah Plain and Tall stories. Much has happened since we first met the Witting family. Young Cassie is now the journal keeper, and she has a knack for writing in a diary. True, sometimes her imagination does carry her away and she records events as she wishes they might be. Nonetheless, she has a journalist's eye for details and relishes putting down her thoughts. What she does not relish is the arrival of a new baby in their family. She's concerned about what her place will be once this usurper joins them. But, once again, Patricia MacLachlan and Glenn Close remind us of the boundlessness of love. - Gail Cooke