Author & Illustrator

Patricia MacLachlan

Patricia MacLachlan is a versatile and proliﬁc author whose titles range from picture books to novels, including the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall. Barkus was inspired by the imagined adventures of her neighbor’s dog. She lives in Massachusetts

Most Recent Book

Chicken Talk book

"About" via Chronicle Fall 2018 Catalog.

chapter Books

Just Dance book

news and reporting · dance · farm · summer

helping others · poetry · weather · siblings · family

Sarah, Plain and Tall book

classic chapter · newbery

Sarah, Plain and Tall

White Fur Flying book

dogs · friendship · moving · love

White Fur Flying

picture Books

Chicken Talk book

chickens · mischief · animals · farm

Barkus Dog Dreams book

3.0

adventure · dogs · imagination

Barkus Dog Dreams

Little Robot Alone book

hard work · loneliness · robots

Little Robot Alone

dogs · imagination · adventure

The Moon's Almost Here book

bedtime · animal homes · animals · moon · getting ready for bed

The Moon's Almost Here

You Were the First book

4.5

new parents · new sibling

You Were the First

All the Places to Love book

6.0

love

All the Places to Love

Through Grandpa's Eyes book

4.8

grandpa · disabilities · empathy

Through Grandpa's Eyes

Collaborators

Marc Boutavant

Matt Phelan

Emily MacLachlan Charest

Tomie dePaola

Stephanie Graegin

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Deborah Kogan Ray

Mike Wimmer

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