Two Mrs. Gibsons

By Toyomi Igus, Daryl Wells

Two Mrs. Gibsons is author Toyomi Igus’s tender and touching tribute to the two most important women in her life–her Japanese mother and her African American grandmother.

Description

From memories of her grandmother’s big bear hugs to her mother’s light down-filled comforter hugs, from listening to her grandmother’s lively spirituals to her mother’s soft lullabies, from playing with her grandmother’s fancy going-to-a-Sunday-meetin’ hats to trying on her mother’s kimono, Toyomi celebrates the joys and rich diversity of growing up biracial.

About the Creators

Toyomi Igus

Toyomi Igus is the author and editor of several books for children, including Two Mrs. Gibsons and the award-winning Going Back Home, her brilliant account of artist Michele Wood's personal journey to the South. The former Editor and Publications Director for UCLA's Center for African American Studies, she lives in Los Angeles, California.

Daryl Wells

Daryl Wells is a painter and former art teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District. She has worked with young people to create many public murals.A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she is a native of Los Angeles, California.

Paperback

  • ISBN 9780892391707
  • Publication Date Apr 01, 2013
  • Trim Size 9.75 × 8 in
  • Weight 0.375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Interests

  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JNF / Family / Multigenerational
  • BISAC Category 2 JNF / Biography & Autobiography / Women
  • BISAC Category 3 JNF / Diversity & Multicultural
  • Themes African / African American / Black, Asian / Asian American / AAPI, Biography / Memoir, Biracial / Multiracial, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Comparing / Classifying / Measuring, Cultural Diversity, Empathy / Compassion, Families, Friendship, Grandparents, Gratitude, Holidays / Traditions, Home, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Immigration, Mothers, Multiple Ethnicities Represented, Nonfiction, Optimism / Enthusiasm, People In Motion, Pride, Similarities and Differences
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 5 - 7
  • Grade Range Grades K - 2
  • Guided Reading M
  • ATOS Book Level 3.4
  • DRA 28
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 530
  • Reading Level Grades 2 - 3
  • SRC 2.6
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
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