<P>"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa too."</P> <P> <awards> Winner, 1986 Newbery Medal<br>1986 Christopher Award<br>1986 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Children<br>1986 Golden Kite Award for Fiction (SCBW)<br>Notable Children's Book of 1985 (ALA)<br>1985 Children's Editors' Choices (BL)<br>Best Books of 1985 (SLJ)<br>Children's Choices for 1986 (IRA/CBC)<br>Outstanding Children's Books of 1985 (N.Y. Times Book Review)<br>International Board of Books for Young People Honor List for Writing, 1988<br>1986 Notable Trade Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)<br>1986 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)<br>1985 Books for Children (Library of Congress)<br>1988 Garden State Children's Book Award (New Jersey)<br>1988 Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Arkansas)<br>100 Favorite Paperbacks 1989 (IRA/CBC)<br>Best of the 80's (BL)<br>1986 Christopher Award<br>1986 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for Children<br>1986 Golden Kite Award f