Weekends with Max and His Dad
Illustrator
Katie Kath
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9780544598171
Pages
160 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Third-grader Max pursues neighborhood adventures with his dad as they both adjust to recent changes in their family.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Divorce; Separation; divorced parents; separate homes
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
divorced parents
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2017
Bulletin Blue Ribbons, 2016
New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, 2016
Notable Children's Books, 2017
Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award, 2017-2018
Nominee
Rhode Island Children's Book Award, 2018
Nominee
Cybils Awards, 2016, Finalist, Early Chapter Book
Keywords
fathers and sons; weekends; games; adventures; new home
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Urban, Linda, "Weekends with Max and His Dad" (2016). Diverse Families. 1013.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1013