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BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS

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Page 1: BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. Fly Away Home Eve Bunting 1993 The young boy Andrew and his father, temporarily live in the airport. Andrew struggles to come

BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS

Page 2: BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. Fly Away Home Eve Bunting 1993 The young boy Andrew and his father, temporarily live in the airport. Andrew struggles to come

Fly Away Home

• Eve Bunting• 1993

• The young boy Andrew and his father, temporarily live in the airport. Andrew struggles to come to terms with the concept of his new home.

Page 3: BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. Fly Away Home Eve Bunting 1993 The young boy Andrew and his father, temporarily live in the airport. Andrew struggles to come

Monkey Island

• Paula Fox• 1993

• Through the experience of an eleven year old boy, he tells the story of how his average family turned homeless and living in a welfare hotel after his father loses his job and his mother leaves.

Page 4: BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. Fly Away Home Eve Bunting 1993 The young boy Andrew and his father, temporarily live in the airport. Andrew struggles to come

Mr. Bow Tie

• Ron Carter• 1991

• Mr. Bow Tie is about a homeless man who is taken in by a family who lets him bathe and they give him food. He is always wearing a bow tie everywhere he goes.

Page 5: BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. Fly Away Home Eve Bunting 1993 The young boy Andrew and his father, temporarily live in the airport. Andrew struggles to come

Great Joy• Kate DiCamillo• 2007

• Frances notices a man and his pet monkey sleeping outside from the view of her apartment. She cannot stop thinking about them and comes up with an act of compassion to help them out.

Page 6: BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. Fly Away Home Eve Bunting 1993 The young boy Andrew and his father, temporarily live in the airport. Andrew struggles to come

The Lady in the Box

• Ann McGovern• 1997

• Two children take food from their home to feed a homeless woman, Dorrie on the streets. This story takes a look at what children can do to help society.

Page 7: BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. Fly Away Home Eve Bunting 1993 The young boy Andrew and his father, temporarily live in the airport. Andrew struggles to come

So What Do You Do?

• Douglas Evans• 1993

• Charlie is surprised to find his third grade teacher living on the streets of his hometown in a cardboard box. He does everything he can to help out his teacher’s situation.

Page 8: BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. Fly Away Home Eve Bunting 1993 The young boy Andrew and his father, temporarily live in the airport. Andrew struggles to come

Someplace to Go

• Maria Testa• 1996

• Davey fights to live a normal life, even though his life for the past two years has been anything but normal.

Page 9: BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. Fly Away Home Eve Bunting 1993 The young boy Andrew and his father, temporarily live in the airport. Andrew struggles to come

This Home We Have Made

• Anna Hammond• 1993

• A homeless boy lives under a stairway with his mother and brother and one night goes outside to discover a animated parade of colorful animals and musicians.