Heart Picked: Elizabeth's Adoption Tale
Illustrator
Romney Vasquez
Publisher
Mascot Books
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781631770906
Pages
38 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Six-year-old Elizabeth is excited to have her dad visit school today but worries some of her classmates might notice they don't look alike. How will Elizabeth respond when her friend says, "That's your dad? You don't look like him."
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Adoption; adopted child; adoptive parents; adoptive family
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
African American
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Keywords
family week; school visits; dressing up; elementary school
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Crutcher, Sara, "Heart Picked: Elizabeth's Adoption Tale" (2016). Diverse Families. 255.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/255