Just Like Home
Illustrator
Mira Reisberg
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication Year
1999
ISBN
9780807540688
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A young Hispanic girl chronicles, in both English and Spanish, her move to the United States, as she finds that while some things are different, some things are just like home.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Culture/Ethnicity; Bicultural; Bilingual; Multicultural; Immigrants and refugees; bicultural child; two cultures; bilingual child; multicultural community; multiple cultures; different cultures; immigrant family; immigrant children; immigrant parents; resettlement; relocation
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Latinx (Mexican)
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
cousins; homesick; move; play; recess; chorizo; groceries; language barrier; snow; change; games; new student; new home
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Miller, Elizabeth I., "Just Like Home" (1999). Diverse Families. 1738.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1738