"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too."Their mother died after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sara Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Ana, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings.Sarah desides to come for a month. She writes Papa: I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall, and Tell them I sing. Anna and Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay? Winner, 1986 Newbery Medal1986 Christopher Award1986 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Children1986 Golden Kite Award for Fiction (SCBW)Notable Children's Book of 1985 (ALA)1985 Children's Editors' Choices (BL)Best Books of 1985 (SLJ)Children's Choices for 1986 (IRA/CBC)Outstanding Children's Books of 1985 (N.Y. Times Book Review)International Board of Bo..
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