Stanek, Muriel

When Tina asks her mother for help in first-grade reading, she discovers to her shock that her mother can't read. A concerned teacher helps them to find tutors and they both learn to read together.

Text and black-and-white photographs describe the efforts of a Vietnamese refugee family to adjust to life in Chicago.

With the help of his family, Kenny learns to cope with his fear of the dark.

Because he has no father, Steve hesitates to go to the school open house to which fathers and mothers are invited.

Lupe, a young Mexican American, must translate for her mother who speaks only Spanish until Mrs. Gomez decides to learn English in order to get a better job.