A Plan for Pops
Illustrator
Brooke Kerrigan
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication Year
2019
ISBN
9781459816145
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Lou spends every Saturday with Grandad and Pops. They walk to the library hand in hand, like a chain of paper dolls. Grandad reads books about science and design, Pops listens to rock and roll, and Lou bounces from lap to lap. But everything changes one Saturday. Pops has a fall. That night there is terrible news: Pops will be confined to a wheelchair, not just for now, but for always. Unable to cope with his new circumstances, he becomes withdrawn and shuts himself in his room. Hearing Grandad trying to cheer up Pops inspires Lou to make a plan. Using skills learned from Grandad, and with a little help from their neighbors, Lou comes up with a plan for Pops.
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Lexile Measure
610L
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Disability and Health; Gay/Lesbian; Mental Illness; Physical Disability; gay grandparents; depression; wheelchair user
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
LGBTQ+
gay
Keywords
grandfather and grandson; aging; child inventors; familial love; inventions
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Smith, Heather, "A Plan for Pops" (2019). Diverse Families. 2023.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2023