Title
Gem
Illustrator
Joel Bower
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pages
32 pages
Publication Year
2004
ISBN
9781582460277
Genre
realism
Topic
Racial Diversity; Biracial; Interracial; interracial family; interracial marriage; biracial child
Annotation
Soon after her saxophone-playing neighbor composes a special song, a young girl's baby sister arrives and receives an appropriate name.
Grade Level
K-3
Family Formation
mother and father
Main Character
girl
Diversity Impact
direct
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Keywords
saxophone; baby; infant
Item Type
Fiction
Format
picturebook
STARS Citation
Kallok, Emma, "Gem" (2004). DIVerse Families. 123.
http://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/123