Rainbow Joe and Me
Illustrator
Maria Diaz Strom
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Publication Year
1999
ISBN
9781880000939
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Eloise shares her love of colors with her blind friend Rainbow Joe, who makes his own colors when he plays beautiful notes on his saxophone.
Grade Level
PK-1
Lexile Measure
AD490L
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disability; blind; blind man
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Black
Family Formation
mother
Awards
Kaleidoscope, A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8, Fourth Edition, 2003 Families, Friends, and Community
Keywords
colors; paint; church; cat; animals; music; saxophone; friendship; rainbow; white cane
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Strom, Maria Diaz, "Rainbow Joe and Me" (1999). Diverse Families. 1667.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1667