Emily's Blue Period
Illustrator
Lisa Brown
Publisher
Roaring Book Press
Publication Year
2014
ISBN
9781596434691
Pages
56 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
After her parents get divorced, Emily finds comfort in making and learning about art.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
AD540L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Divorce; divorced parents; children of divorced parents
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
divorced mother and father
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2015 Bank Street College of Education
Choices, 2015 Cooperative Children's Book Center
School Library Journal Book Review Stars, May, 2014 SLJ
Red Clover Award, 2015-2016
Nominee Vermont
Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2015-2016
Nominee Texas
Keywords
art; families; Pablo Picasso; painting; blue; sadness; acceptance; adjustment; emotional journey
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Daly, Cathleen, "Emily's Blue Period" (2014). Diverse Families. 248.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/248