Emma's Story
Illustrator
Song Nan Zhang
Publisher
Tundra Books
Publication Year
2003
ISBN
9780887766329
Pages
24 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Emma sets out to make a cookie family with Grandma and Sam, the happy afternoon suddenly turns sad. The cookies are meant to look like her family, but Emma's is the only one with dark hair and eyes. She doesn't look like the others; does that mean she doesn't belong? In this tender story, Emma learns that there are many ways to come together and form a family.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Interracial; adoptive family; adopted child; international adoption; interracial family
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Chinese / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother, father, and grandmother
Awards
Our Choice, 2004 Canadian Children's Book Centre
Keywords
families; baking; cookies; adoption story; brothers; questions
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Hodge, Deborah, "Emma's Story" (2003). Diverse Families. 301.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/301