Far Apart, Close in Heart: Being a Family When a Loved One is Incarcerated
Illustrator
Maja Kastelic
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9780807512753
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Children from all walks of life experience various emotions when their parent is in jail or prison, but they learn there are ways to communicate their feelings that will help improve their situation and remind them they are not alone.
Grade Level
3-5
Lexile Measure
AD560L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Foster care; Incarceration; foster children; foster home; mother in prison; father in prison; parents in prison; children of prisoners; jail
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
multiple
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2017, Nominee, Fiction Picture Book
Kirkus Best Picture Books, 2017 Give Readers Strength
Keywords
feelings; emotions; anger; fear; breaking the law; questions; bullying
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Birtha, Becky, "Far Apart, Close in Heart: Being a Family When a Loved One is Incarcerated" (2017). Diverse Families. 857.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/857