By the Dawn's Early Light
Illustrator
Catherine Stock
Publisher
Macmillan Publishing Company
Publication Year
1994
ISBN
9780689317880
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A young girl and her brother stay with their grandmother while their mother works at night.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Kinship care; Single parent; singler mother; grandmother raising grandchildren
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
Black
Family Formation
single mother and grandmother
Awards
Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, 1997
Keywords
night shift; graveyard shift; dinner; employment
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Ackerman, Karen, "By the Dawn's Early Light" (1994). Diverse Families. 1185.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1185