Families are Different
Illustrator
Nina Pellegrini
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication Year
1991
ISBN
9780823408870
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
An adopted Korean girl discovers that her classmates have different types of families
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
540L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Single parent; Kinship care; Divorce; Interracial; international adoption; adopted child; adoptive family; single father; grandparents raising grandchildren; divorced parents; interracial family
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father
Awards
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Keywords
Korean Americans; dog; family pet; insecurity; multiple kinds of families
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Pellegrini, Nina, "Families are Different" (1991). Diverse Families. 303.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/303