Our Gracie Aunt
Illustrator
Jon J. Muth
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Publication Year
2002
ISBN
9780786806201
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When a brother and sister are taken to stay with their mother's sister because their mother neglects them, they wonder if they will see their mother again.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Kinship care; Legal guardianship; aunt raising niece; aunt raising nephew
Main Character
boy and girl
Race/Ethnicities
African American
Family Formation
mother and aunt
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2003
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2003
Teachers' Choices, 2003
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Keywords
social worker; love; safety
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Woodson, Jacqueline, "Our Gracie Aunt" (2002). Diverse Families. 1078.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1078