By Dawn's Early Light
Publication Information
Author:  Ackerman, Karen	Illustrator:  Stock, Catherine
Title:  By Dawn's Early Light	Date:  1994
Publisher:  Atheneum Books for Young Readers	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-689-31788-3	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, easy reading
HSE Descriptor(s):
Summary:
The book follows the activities of two children cared for by their grandmother and the activities of their mother who works the night shift at a factory. The story illustrates how a family still finds time to be together.
Teaching Ideas:
Since more families have a single working parent or someone who works the night shift, the book serves as a prompt for discussion and writing of how families find time to be together. The story lends itself to comparison and contrast of the activities and points-of-view of mother, grandmother, and children.
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Family > grandparents Family > mothers Communities > urban > urban living Work Family > parent > single parent

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