Mama's Way
Illustrator
Mary Whyte
Publisher
Dial
Publication Year
2001
ISBN
9780803724136
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Wynona longs for a beautiful new dress to wear to her graduation from sixth grade, even though she knows that her mama cannot afford to buy one for her.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Poverty; Single parent; financial hardship; poor; living in poverty; single mother
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother
Keywords
clothing and dress; mothers and daughters; seamstress; hand-me-downs; broken wrist; medical bill
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Ketteman, Helen, "Mama's Way" (2001). Diverse Families. 1198.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1198