Love Is a Family
Illustrator
Justine Gasquet
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2001
ISBN
9780060393748
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Lily is worried that she and her mother will be the strangest family at the Family Fun Night.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
680L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Adoption; Single parent; Family member death; Kinship care; adopted child; adoptive family; single mother; single father; death of a mother; grandparents raising grandchildren
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
multiple
Keywords
mothers and daughters; mother's love; school function; fears
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Downey, Roma, "Love Is a Family" (2001). Diverse Families. 158.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/158