Newspaper Hats
Illustrator
Owen Swan
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781580897839
Pages
35 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A little girl, Georgie, visits her grandfather in the nursing home where he is suffering from memory loss, and manages to reconnect with him when they make newspaper hats for everyone.
Grade Level
PK-1;K-3
Lexile Measure
AD520L
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Neurological disorder; Alzheimer's disease; adult with a neurological disorder
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian
Family Formation
father
Keywords
grandfather; old age; memory; nursing homes; newspapers; photographs; comforting memories; hats
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Cummings, Phil, "Newspaper Hats" (2016). Diverse Families. 1730.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1730