Mama, Across the Sea
Illustrator
Alex Godard
Publisher
Holt & Company
Publication Year
2000
ISBN
9780805061611
Pages
48 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Although she loves the sunny island where she lives with her grandparents, Cecile longs to see her mother again.
Grade Level
PK-1, K-3
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Kinship care; grandparents raising grandchild
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Latinx (Caribbean)
Family Formation
grandmother and grandfather
Awards
Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, 13th Edition, 2002
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2001
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, 2001
Keywords
Caribbean life; Port Royal Beach; stories; reading and writing; boats; fishing; beaches
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Godard, Alex, "Mama, Across the Sea" (2000). Diverse Families. 722.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/722