Two Mrs. Gibsons
Illustrator
Daryl Wells
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Publication Year
1996
ISBN
9780892391707
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
The biracial daughter of an African American father and a Japanese mother fondly recalls growing up with her mother and her father's mother, two very different but equally loving women.
Grade Level
K-3
Lexile Measure
AD530L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Kinship care; Biracial; Interracial; Bicultural; grandparent raising grandchild; biracial child; interracial marriage; interracial parents; mixed race; bicultural child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Asian (Japanese) / Black (African American)
Family Formation
mother and grandmother
Awards
Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, 12th Edition, 1999
Kaleidoscope, A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8, Third Edition, 2001
Sharing Cultures: Asian American Children's Authors, 2001
Recommended Picture Books Featuring Interracial Families, 2011
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Keywords
grandmothers; mothers; Japanese culture; similarities and differences; kimonos; playing; bonding
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Igus, Toyomi, "Two Mrs. Gibsons" (1996). Diverse Families. 809.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/809