Still a Family

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A little girl and her parents have lost their home and must live in a homeless shelter. Even worse, due to a common shelter policy, her dad must live in a men’s shelter, separated from her and her mom. Despite these circumstances, the family still finds time to be together. They meet at the park to play hide-and-seek, slide on slides, and pet puppies. While the young girl wishes for better days when her family is together again under a roof of their very own, she continues to remind herself that they’re still a family even in times of separation.
By Brenda Reeves Sturgis and Jo-Shin Lee

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By Tatia Gruenbaum for PEPELT

  • suitable across all levels as text is mostly short and word choices are generally carefully chosen to facilitate a younger audience
  • low-frequency words (verbs and nouns) such as bunk bed, tarp, cot or quilt are supported by illustrations
  • low-frequency adjectives such as snug, cozy, squishy or tattered offer opportunities to develop visual literacy by guessing the meaning
  • ask: how would you feel having the life as described in the story
  • write, draw, tell: choose a name for the girl and her parents and continue the story in writing and / or drawing and then share their story.
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