Monday with Maxim: The Amazing Maltese
Illustrator
Rory Smith
Publisher
JumPskip Productions
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780615543901
Pages
35 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
In "Monday with Maxim, The Amazing Maltese," Jessie is intent on training her neighbor’s dog, Maxim, to sit. She enthusiastically starts off the day using her imagined powers to transform an ordinary handkerchief into a magic scarf. Wrapping the scarf around Maxim’s neck, she begins the challenging—and sometimes futile—task of getting him to sit, with uproarious and surprising results. "Monday with Maxim, The Amazing Maltese" is the first book in The Jessie Books series, which offers an inspiring story for each day of the week, featuring a precocious little girl who lives with her two moms in Queens, New York.
Grade Level
K-3, 3-5
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; lesbian; lesbian mothers; lesbian adults; same-sex parents
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
two mothers
LGBTQ+
lesbian females
Keywords
dog training; patience; self-esteem in children; park; tricks; scarf; dogs
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
DelGreco, Phylliss; Roth, Jaclyn; and Silverio, Kathryn, "Monday with Maxim: The Amazing Maltese" (2011). Diverse Families. 438.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/438