You're Not My Real Mother
Illustrator
Christy Hale
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co.
Publication Year
2004
ISBN
9780316605533
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
After an adoptive mother tells her daughter all the reasons that she is her "real mother," the young girl realizes that her mother is right, even though they do not look alike.
Grade Level
PK-1
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Interracial; adopted child; adoptive mother; interracial/transracial adoption; interracial family
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother
Keywords
identity; self-perception; mothers; dog; playing; cooking; bonding; band-aids
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Friedrich, Molly, "You're Not My Real Mother" (2004). Diverse Families. 234.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/234