Picturing Home
The following books are in Picturing Home, on view in the Reading Library from August 9 - December 31, 2023.
Places We Call Home
The Bright Side, by Chad Otis, Rocky Pond Books, 2023.
The Cot in the Living Room, by Hilda Eunice Burgos, illustrated by Gaby D’Alessandro, Kokila, 2021.
Home, by Tonya Lippert, illustrated by Andrea Stegmaier, Magination Press, 2022.
Home Is a Window, by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard, illustrated by Chris Sasaki, Neal Porter Books, 2019.
House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle, Simon & Schuster, 1987.
Mama’s Home, by Shay Youngblood, illustrated by Lo Harris, Make Me a World, 2022.
Neighbors, by Katya Denisevich, Chronicle, 2020.
No Place Like Home, by Ronojoy Ghosh, Eerdmans Books, 2019.
The One Day House, by Julia Durango, illustrated by Bianca Diaz, Charlesbridge, 2017.
Place Hand Here, by Katie Yamasaki, Norton Young Readers, 2023.
The Right Place, by Beatrice Masini, illustrated by Simona Mulazzani, Barefoot Books, 2019.
Stella’s Starliner, by Rosemary Wells, Candlewick, 2014.
Zonia’s Rainforest, by Juana Martinez-Neal, Candlewick, 2021.
Home as Heritage
All the Places We Call Home, by Patrice Gopo, illustrated by Jenin Mohammed, WorthyKids, 2022.
Dinner on Domingos, by Alexandra Katona, illustrated by Claudia Navarro, Barefoot Books, 2021.
A Different Pond, by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui, Capstone Young Readers, 2017.
Going Down Home with Daddy, by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Daniel Minter, Peachtree, 2019.
Grandma’s Records, by Eric Velasquez, Bloomsbury, 2001.
Grandpa Across the Ocean, by Hyewon Yum, Abrams, 2021.
Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine, by Hannah Moushabeck, illustrated by Reem Madooh, Chronicle, 2023.
Islandborn, by Junot Díaz, illustrated by Leo Espinosa, Dial Books, 2018.
Mommy’s Hometown, by Hope Lim, illustrated by Jaime Kim, Candlewick, 2022.
On the Trapline, by David A. Robertson, illustrated by Julie Flett, Tundra, 2021.
Orani: My Father’s Village, by Claire A. Nivola, Frances Foster Books, 2011.
Where Are You From? By Yamile Saied Méndez, illustrated by Jaime Kim, HarperCollins, 2019.
Home Changes
Bad Bye, Good Bye, by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Johnathan Bean, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
The Blue House, by Phoebe Wahl, Alfred A. Knopf, 2020.
Everything Naomi Loved, by Katie Yamasaki & Ian Lendler, illustrated by Katie Yamasaki, Norton Young Readers, 2020.
The Fox and the Forest Fire, by Danny Popovici, Chronicle, 2021.
The Coquíes Still Sing, by Karina Nicole González, illustrated by Krystal Quiles, Roaring Brook Press, 2022.
Here and There, by Tamara Ellis Smith, illustrated by Evelyn Daviddi, Barefoot Books, 2019.
My Papi Has a Motorcycle, by Isabel Quintero, illustrated by Zeke Peña, Kokila, 2019.
A New Kind of Wild, by Zara González Hoang, Dial Books, 2020.
This House is Home, by Deborah Kerbel, illustrated by Yong Ling Kang, Owlkids, 2021.
This Is Not My Home, by Vivienne Chang and Eugenia Yoh, Little, Brown, 2023.
Tía Fortuna’s New Home, by Ruth Behar, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth, Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Where Butterflies Fill the Sky, by Zahra Marwan, Bloomsbury, 2022.