Naming Liberty
Illustrator
Jim Burke
Publisher
Philomel Books
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9780399242502
Pages
32 pages
Genre
historical
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
In parallel stories, a Ukrainian Jewish family prepares to immigrate to the United States in the late 1800s, and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designs, raises funds for, and builds the Statue of Liberty in honor of the United States' centennial.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Culture/Ethnicity; Poverty; Immigrants and refugees; financial hardship; immigrant family; immigrant children; immigrant parents; relocation; resettlement
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White (Ukrainian)
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Storytelling World Resource Award, 2009, Honor Book, Stories for Adolescent Listeners
Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2009, Silver, Younger Reader
Children's Catalog Supplement to Nineteenth Edition, 2009
Keywords
liberty; hope; greenhorn; train; boat; Statue of Liberty; freedom; name change; Yiddish; farm animals; adjustment; cigars; new job; new home; excitement; Egypt; Paris; new life
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Yolen, Jane, "Naming Liberty" (2008). Diverse Families. 1743.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1743