A Visit to the Big House
Illustrator
Susan Avishai
Publisher
Houghton Miffin Company
Publication Year
1993
ISBN
9780395528051
Pages
48 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Willy, Rose, and their mother go to visit Daddy in prison, they are quite anxious. But once Daddy appears and they can talk and ask questions.
Grade Level
3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Incarceration; father in prison
Main Character
boy and girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
children of prisoner; prison; visitation; visitor's day
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Butterworth, Oliver, "A Visit to the Big House" (1993). Diverse Families. 827.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/827