CRENSHAW* COMPANION BOOKS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS
*by Katherine Applegate
Picture Books:
Selavi, That is Life : a Haitian Story of Hope (2004) by Youme Landowne
Tight Times (1983) by Barbara Shook Hazen
Those Shoes (2009) by Maribeth Boelts
The House on Dirty Third Street (2012) by Jo S. Kittinger
Yard Sale (2015) by Eve Bunting
December (2000) by Eve Bunting
Fly Away Home (1993) by Eve Bunting
The Quiltmaker’s Gift (2001) by Jeff Brumbeau
Last Stop on Market Street (2015) by Matt De La Pena
Shoebox Sam (2011) by Mary Brigid Barrett
The Lady in the Box (1997) by Ann McGovern
I Can Hear the Sun (1999) by Patricia Polacco
The Can Man (2010) by Laura E. Williams
The Lunch Thief (2010) by Anne C. Bromley
A Shelter in Our Car (2013) by Monica “Sélavi: That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope”
Chapter Books:
Breaking Stalin's Nose (2013) by Yelchin, Eugene
A Dog Called Homeless (2012) By Lean, Sarah
Family Under the Bridge (1958)by Natalie Savage Carlson
Tinfoil Sky by Cyndi Sand-Eveland
Undergrounders (2011) by David Skuy
Sketches (2008) by Eric Walters
Almost Home (2013) by Joan Bauer
How To Steal a Dog (2009) by Barbara O'Connor
Death By Toilet Paper (2015) by Donna Gephart
Paper Things (2015) by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
The Double Life of Zoe Flynn (2007) by Janet Lee Carey
Monkey Island (1991) by Paula Fox
Hold Fast (2013) by Blue Balliett
Animals Without Homes (picture books):
A Home for Dakota (2008) by Jan Grover and Nancy Lane
Mutt Dog (2005) by Stephen Michael King
Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival (2008) by Kirby Larson
Go Home! The True Story of James the Cat (2000) by Libby Phillips Meggs
The Stray Dog (2003) by Marc Simont
A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray (2006) by Ann M. Martin
A Dog Called Homeless (2012) by Sarah Lean
Harry the Homeless Puppy (2015) by Holly Webb
Because of Winn Dixie (2001) by Kate DiCamillo