Ten Little Sisters-Picture Book # 9

Author: Virginia Rackley, Delores Hart, Rhita Brniak, Mark Hickmott, Irma Swierk Allen, Pauline Ariel, Phyllis Ferguson, Vera Barber, Audrey Alford, Doris Wenzel
Title: Ten Little Sisters: A True Story
Illustrator: Lana Hill
Readability score: 2.4
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Realistic Fiction
Theme: a families bond can overcome anything
Primary and secondary characters: Virginia Rackley, Delores Hart, Rhita Brniak, Mark Hickmott, Irma Swierk Allen, Pauline Ariel, Phyllis Ferguson, Vera Barber, Audrey Alford, Doris Wenzel are the primary characters, the secondary characters are the two brothers Carl and Jessie Dale, and parents
Awards: N/A
Publishing company: Mayhaven Publishing
Date of publication: 2002
ISBN number: 187804438-9
Summary: This picture book was a true story about ten sisters who grew up together with their two brothers. They lived in a teeny-tiny house near their grand parents and a pig shed. The story talks about the things that the sisters did growing up together. They slept together, played together, fished with their dad, and even went through some downfalls like Bede hurting her leg climbing her Grandma's peach tree. The two brothers went off to the navy and the sisters missed them a lot. The book doesn't mention how or why they were separated, but one day they were taken to a courthouse and they never returned to their house. Each one of the sisters was taken to a new place to live, a few of them were given new names, and one of them went to live with their Grandma. They didn't see each other for a long time until a few of the sisters found each other later on in life. They eventually all found one another and they have a reunion once a year with all of their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

This book can be read to students for a better grieving process for the loss of a family member or the separation from a loved one. Many students experience the situations of a family member being deployed or perhaps being separated from them for a time period. This book can be a support in displaying that family can be reunited again and that siblings can stick together or always stay in touch. It shows how big their family had become and many students can relate to that