Peppe the lamplighter

Description:

Peppe's father is upset when he learns that Peppe has taken a job lighting the gas street lamps in his New York City neighborhood.

subjects: Fiction,  Italian Americans,  Brothers and sisters,  Fathers and sons,  Juvenile fiction,  Missing children,  Children of immigrants,  Gas street lamps,  Single-parent families,  Siblings,  Parental acceptance,  Families,  Streets,  Father-son relationship,  Lighting,  Caldecott Medal,  Lamplighters,  Children's fiction,  Brothers and sisters, fiction,  Parent and child, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Italian americans, fiction,  collectionID:caldecotthonor90,  award:Caldecott_award,  lexile:570,  lexile_range:501-600,  lexile_code:AD,  age:min:4,  age:max:8,  grade:min:Preschool,  grade:max:3

Places: New York (N.Y.)