Title
Gem
Illustrator
Joel Bower
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Publication Year
2004
ISBN
9781582460277
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
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
Topic
Racial Diversity; Biracial; Interracial; interracial family; interracial marriage; biracial child
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
saxophone; baby; infant
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Kallok, Emma, "Gem" (2004). DIVerse Families. 123.
http://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/123