Two Homes
Illustrator
Kady MacDonald Denton
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Year
2001
ISBN
9780763605117
Pages
40 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A young boy named Alex enjoys the homes of both of his parents who live apart but love Alex very much.
Grade Level
PK-1
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Divorce; separate homes; divorced parents; co-parenting; living in two homes
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
divorced mother and father
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2002 Under Five-The Very Busy Life of Olaf and Venus
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2001
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2001 Young Reader
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, Supplement, 2002
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006
Civic Engagement Selected K-5 Books for Reflecting on Ones Place in the World, 2012 Hearts Together/Lives Apart
Coping with Change: Selected Books for Children, 2012 Hearts Together/Lives Apart
Keywords
painting; dog; city; suburbia; two of everything; toothbrush
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Masurel, Claire, "Two Homes" (2001). Diverse Families. 345.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/345