Obama: Only in America
Illustrator
Robert T. Barrett
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9780761456414
Pages
48 pages
Genre
biography
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
From birth to election as the first African-American president of the United States, this biography tells the story of Barack Obama through lyrical prose and primary-source quotes from his speeches throughout.
Grade Level
3-5
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Family Relationships; Divorce; Step parent; Biracial; divorced parents; step father; biracial child
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Family Formation
divorced parents; multi-generational
Keywords
president; Indonesia; Hawaii; Kenya; Harvard; Chicago; speeches
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Weatherford, Carole, "Obama: Only in America" (2010). Diverse Families. 904.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/904