Finding the Right Spot: When Kids Can't Live with Their Parents
Illustrator
Whitney Martin
Publisher
Magination Press
Publication Year
2004
ISBN
9781591470748
Pages
42 pages
Genre
nonfiction
Format
picture book
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
A young girl living with her foster parent describes the emotional ups and downs of being separated from her mother and living in unfamiliar surroundings. Finding the Right Spot is a story for all kids who can't live with their parents, regardless of the circumstances. It's a story about resilience and loyalty, hope and disappointment, love, sadness, and anger, too.
Grade Level
3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Foster care; foster parent; foster child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
African American
Family Formation
foster mother
Awards
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Keywords
disappointment; love; sadness; unfamiliar surroundings; rehab; dog; processing emotions
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Levy, Janice and Martin, Whitney, "Finding the Right Spot: When Kids Can't Live with Their Parents" (2004). Diverse Families. 353.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/353