A Home for Leo
Illustrator
Vin Vogel
Publisher
Two Lions
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781503902602
Pages
40 pages
Genre
fantasy
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Leo grew up in the sea. He has a family of sea lions he loves. He’s happy, but he has always known he was different. Then Leo’s suddenly reunited with his human parents, and he finds he loves them too. But he still feels like a fish out of water. Being from two worlds and having two families isn’t so easy. Leo has a lot to figure out…
Grade Level
PK-1; K-3
Lexile Measure
AD400L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Biracial; Interracial; adoptive family; biracial child; interracial marriage
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Black; Brown-Skinned; White
Keywords
belonging; boys and animals; families; sea lions; wild children
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Vogel, Vin, "A Home for Leo" (2018). Diverse Families. 2114.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2114