My Mei Mei
Illustrator
Ed Young
Publisher
Philomel Books
Publication Year
2006
ISBN
9780399243394
Pages
40 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Antonia gets her wish when her parents return to China to bring home a Mei Mei, or younger sister, for her.
Grade Level
PK-1, K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Interracial; adopted child; interracial/transracial adoption; international adoption; adoptive family
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
Chinese
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2007 Bank Street College of Education, Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition,2006 H.W. Wilson, Kirkus Book Review Stars, February 1,2006, Read Alouds Too-Good-To-Miss,2006 Indiana Library Federation, School Library Journal Book Review Stars, February,2006 Cahners
Keywords
sisters; expectations
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Young, Ed, "My Mei Mei" (2006). Diverse Families. 611.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/611