Status
Available
Call number
DDC/MDS
| JF MAC |
Publication
New York : Harper & Row, c1985.
Original publication date
1985
Description
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
Subjects
Language
Physical description
58 p.; 21 cm
ISBN
0060241012 / 9780060241018
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 1987)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 1986)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 1988)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1988)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 1988)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 1987)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1988)
Cardinal Cup (Winner — 1986)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 1991)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1987-1988)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 1986)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 1987)
Golden Kite Award (Winner — Fiction — 1986)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Honor Book — 1986)
Garden State Children's Book Award (Winner — 1988)
Christopher Award (1986)
IBBY Honour Book (Writing — 1988)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 1988)
Scott O'Dell Award (1986)
CCBC Choices (1985)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Primary — 1990)