Visiting Day
Illustrator
James E. Ransome
Publisher
Puffin Books
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9780147516084
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realsim
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A young girl and her grandmother visit the girl's father in prison.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Incarceration; father in prison; visitor's day
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
African American
Family Formation
grandmother
Awards
Civic Engagement Selected K-5 Books for Reflecting on Ones Place in the World, 2012
Coping with Change: Selected Books for Children, 2012
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2003
Booklist Top 10 Black History Titles for Youth, 2002
Capitol Choices, 2002
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, Supplement, 2003
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006
Choices, 2003
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Storytelling World Resource Award, 2016, Honor, Stories for Young Listeners
Skipping Stones Honor Award, 2003, Winner, Multicultural And International
Keywords
prison visits; love; crime; food
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Woodson, Jacqueline and Ransome, James E., "Visiting Day" (2015). Diverse Families. 949.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/949