A Most Unusual Day
Illustrator
E.B. Goodale
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9780062364302
Pages
40 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Something rather extraordinary is happening in Caroline’s life today...her family is adopting a new baby sister! A warm and loving story about school, family, siblings, and adoption, for anyone eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new sibling.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Lexile Measure
AD540L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Biracial; Interracial; Multiracial; adopted baby; adoptive family; adoptive parents; adoptive mother; adoptive father; adoptive sister; interracial/transracial adoption; biracial child; mixed race; interracial family; interracial marriage; interracial parents; multiracial community
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian / Black
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2018
Keywords
school; nervous; unfocused; unusual; unorganized; excited; lost tooth; glasses; messy; anxious; baby sister
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Mallery, Sydra, "A Most Unusual Day" (2018). Diverse Families. 1791.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1791