The Naming of Tishkin Silk
Illustrator
Patric Barton
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication Year
2009
ISBN
9780374354817
Pages
102 pages
Genre
realism
Format
chapter book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
The first book in the Kingdom of Silk series. Griffin has a secret in his heart that nobody else knows - until he meets Layla., a princess with a daisy-chain crown.
Grade Level
K-3, 3-5
Lexile Measure
930L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Family member death; Kinship care; Mental illness; death of a sister; grief; grandparent raising grandchildren; depression; depressed mother
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
grandmother
Awards
USBBY Outstanding International Books, 2010
Cochecho Readers' Award, 2010-2011, Nominee
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Children's Book of the Year Award, 2004, Honour Book, Younger Reader
UKLA Children's Book Award, 2014, Short List, Ages (7-11)
Society of School Librarians International Book Awards, 2009, Honor Book, Language Arts K-6 Novels
Keywords
dog; crow; princes and princesses; sadness; Zeus; sisters; public school; friendship
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Millard, Glenda, "The Naming of Tishkin Silk" (2009). Diverse Families. 785.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/785