Just for Now: Kids and the People of the Court
Illustrator
Tony Sansevero
Publisher
Child Advocates
Publication Year
2007
ISBN
9780975495391
Pages
48 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Gilbert and his big sister Rachel go into foster care they meet a lot of adults who are there to help them--a caseworker, foster parents, foster brothers and sisters, a lawyer, a therapist, a judge, their own court appointed special advocate (CASA), and a dog named Spud. Explains the roles of various people in the court system.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Foster care; foster home; foster families; foster children; foster parents; foster siblings
Main Character
male child; female child
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
multiple
Keywords
new experiences; court system; advocates; dog; case workers; judges; therapy; foster care process
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Morris, Kimberly and Burke, Kathleen, "Just for Now: Kids and the People of the Court" (2007). Diverse Families. 437.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/437