Greetings, Leroy
Illustrator
Alix Delinois
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9781554987603
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
The first day at a new school is nerve-wracking enough, never mind when it's in a new country! In this lively picture book from award-winning storyteller Itah Sadu, Roy realizes he may come to love his new home in Canada as much as he loves his old home in Jamaica.
Grade Level
PK-1
Lexile Measure
AD660L
Diversity Topics
Culture/Ethnicity; Immigrants and refugees; immigrant family; immigrant child
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Black (Jamaican)
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
friendship; elementary school; new school; principal; lost; music; Bob Marley; soccer; baby; home; letters; button; Canada
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Sadu, Itah, "Greetings, Leroy" (2017). Diverse Families. 1695.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1695