Watch the Stars Come Out
Illustrator
Diane Goode
Publisher
Puffin Books
Publication Year
1995
ISBN
9780140555066
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Grandma tells about her mama's journey to America by boat, years ago.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
460L
Diversity Topics
Culture/Ethnicity; Immigrants and refugees; immigrant family; immigrant children; immigrant parents; relocation; resettlement; emigration
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Jefferson Cup Award, 1986, Also Worth Noting
Redbook Children's Picturebook Award, 1985, Winner
Sydney Taylor Book Award, 1985, Notable Book, Younger Reader
Best of the Bunch, 1985
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, 2001
Keywords
grandmothers; Statue of Liberty; stars; boat travel; Ellis Island; stories; stars; sea sickness
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Levinson, Riki, "Watch the Stars Come Out" (1995). Diverse Families. 1807.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1807