Deena Misses Her Mom
Illustrator
Leslie Jindalay Pyo
Publisher
Shout Mouse Press, Inc.
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9781945434075
Pages
42 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Lately, Deena has been getting angry. A lot. She acts out in school and keeps getting in trouble. Everyone is surprised because she used to be very calm, but that was before her mother went to jail. Her dad, her grandma, and her best friend Josey all do their best to help her out, but Deena doesn’t want to talk about it. Will a day at the carnival with her Dad help her open up?
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Incarceration; mother in prison
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Black
Family Formation
mother, father, and grandmother
Keywords
anger; friendship; carnival; elementary school; crying; broken pencils; feelings
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Haynesworth, Jonae; Holmes, Jesse; Jones, Layonnie; and Ruffin, Kahliya, "Deena Misses Her Mom" (2017). Diverse Families. 1974.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1974