Worthy Kids, 2022-14-06
All the Places We Call Home
All the Places We Call Home
Jenin Mohammed, Illustrator
Hardcover
SKU:9781546012665
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A gentle celebration of belonging and the many ways home is found—through family, memories, and shared stories. The poetic text and soft illustrations invite reflection on identity, comfort, and the ties that bind us across time and place. A quietly hopeful meditation on connection and place.
Book Details
Book Details
Age Range • 4-8
Pages • 32
Subjects • Home • African Americans • Family life • Picture books
Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational • Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams • Juvenile Fiction | African American & Black • Juvenile Fiction | Places | Caribbean & Latin America
Publisher Summary
Publisher Summary
Fall in love with this lyrically written and lushly illustrated exploration of identity and home that celebrates all the places and people who make us who we are.
"And where shall we go?" Mama asks as she tucks me in."South Africa. Where I was born."
My answer summons Mama's stories, stories that send us soaring back in time to when I was a baby. Out my window. Down my street. Across water. Across continents.
Where do you come from? Where does your family come from? For many children, the answers to these questions can transform a conversation into a journey around the globe.
In her first picture book, author Patrice Gopo illuminates how family stories help shape children, help form their identity, and help connect them with the broader world. Her lyrical language, paired with Jenin Mohammed's richly textured artwork, creates a beautiful, stirring portrait of a child's deep ties to cultures and communities beyond where she lays her head to sleep.
Ultimately, this story speaks a truth that all children need to hear: The places we come from are part of us, even if we can't always be near them. All the Places We Call Home is a quiet triumph that encourages an awakening to our own stories and to the stories of those around us.
