Dear Santa, Please Come to the 19th Floor
Illustrator
Chris Soentpiet
Publisher
Philomel Books
Publication Year
2002
ISBN
9780399236365
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Willy and Carlos, who is in a wheelchair, receive a visit from Santa on Christmas Eve, even though they live on the nineteenth floor of their building.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Poverty; Single Parent; Multiracial; Addiction; Physical Disability; single mother; financial hardship; multiracial community; alcoholism; wheelchair user; spinal cord injury
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Latinx
Family Formation
single mother
Keywords
Christmas; Santa Claus; apartments; people with disabilities
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
., Yin, "Dear Santa, Please Come to the 19th Floor" (2002). Diverse Families. 2032.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2032