When Charley Met Emma
Illustrator
Merrilee Liddiard
Publisher
Beaming Books
Publication Year
2019
ISBN
9781506448725
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Five-year-old Charley gets teased for daydreaming and drawing more than his friends, but when he meets Emma, who is physically different, he needs help remembering that being different is okay.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical disability; wheelchair user; congenital limb difference
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Keywords
playground; friendship; differences
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Webb, Amy, "When Charley Met Emma" (2019). Diverse Families. 2178.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2178