My Grandmother's Journey
Illustrator
Sharon McGinley-Nally
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Publication Year
1991
ISBN
9780027181357
Pages
28 pages
Genre
historical
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A grandmother tells the story of her eventful life in early twentieth-century Europe and her arrival in the United States after World War II.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Lexile Measure
670L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Homelessness; Poverty; Immigrants and refugees; transient; homeless family; impoverished family; begging; poor; migrants; immigrant family
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White (Russian)
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award, 1995 - 1996
Grades 3-6
Keywords
Russia; World War II; war; famine; Gypsies; hunger; hiding; escape; story
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Cech, John, "My Grandmother's Journey" (1991). Diverse Families. 1727.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1727