The Days of Summer
Illustrator
William Low
Publisher
Harcourt
Publication Year
2001
ISBN
9780152018405
Pages
40 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
As summer ends and they get ready to go back to school, two young girls try to deal with the news that the grandparents they love are getting a divorce.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Divorce; divorced grandparents; separated grandparents; two homes
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
multi-generational; divorced grandparents
Awards
Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, 13th Edition, 2002
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Keywords
grief; families; change; sadness; summer; sisters
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Bunting, Eve, "The Days of Summer" (2001). Diverse Families. 1002.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1002