Grades K - 2 Grade level Equivalent: 3.6 Lexile Measure®: 580L
Guided Reading: M - General Fiction - Character and Values -
African American - Friends and Friendship About This BookAn
African-American child resents and then misses a little foster
brother. One day my momma told me, "You know you're gonna have a
little friend come stay with you." And I said, "Who is it?" and
"For how long?" That's when Stevie moved in with his crybaby
self. He played with my toys and broke them, and he left dirty
footprints all over my bed. But then Stevie left again, and I
missed him. I missed playing Cowboys and Indians on the stoop
and watching cartoons in the morning. Maybe. . .just maybe,
Stevie wasn't so bad after all. Notable Children's Books of 1940
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