Sitting Shiva
by Erin Silver and Michelle Theodore
A little girl grieves the loss of her mother, but she can’t grieve alone.
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Jewish
Year Published 2022
Word Count 546
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 560L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 518599, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Parent and child
- Death--Juvenile fiction
- Separation (Psychology)
- Grief--Fiction
- Death
- Grief
- Bereavement--Fiction
- Grief--Juvenile fiction
- Bereavement--Juvenile fiction
- Parent and child--Juvenile fiction
- Shivah (Jewish mourning custom)--Fiction
- Shivah (Jewish mourning custom)--Juvenile fiction
- Separation (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction
- Shivah (Jewish mourning custom)
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Awards & Distinctions 3

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2005-2024
English Finalist, 2023

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