Still a Family
Illustrator
Jo-Shin Lee
Publisher
Albert Whitman and Company
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9780807577073
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A little girl and her parents have lost their home and must live in a homeless shelter. Even worse, due to a common shelter policy, her dad must live in a men's shelter, separated from her and her mom. Despite these circumstances, the family still finds time to be together. They meet at the park to play hide-and-seek, slide on slides, and pet puppies. While the young girl wishes for better days when her family is together again under a roof of their very own, she continues to remind herself that they're still a family even in times of separation.
Grade Level
PK-1, K-3
Lexile Measure
AD500L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Homelessness; Biracial; Interracial; homeless shelter; men's shelter; women and children's shelter; homeless family; homeless child; biracial child; interracial family; interracial parents
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Brown-Skinned / White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Best Books for Kids, 2017
Keywords
park; puppies; cots; soup kitchen; co-parenting; job search; doll; birthday; city sounds
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Sturgis, Brenda Reeves, "Still a Family" (2017). Diverse Families. 459.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/459