Being Home

From Sibert Honor–winning author Traci Sorell and Caldecott Medal–winning artist Michaela Goade comes a heartwarming picture book about a Native American family and the joy of moving back to their ancestral land.

Today is a day of excitement—it’s time to move! As a young Cherokee girl says goodbye to the swing, the house, and the city she''s called home her whole life, she  readies herself for the upcoming road trip. While her mother drives, the girl draws the changing landscape outside her window. She looks forward to the end of the journey, where she''ll eat the feast her family has prepared, play in the creek with her cousins, and settle into the new rhythm of home.

With warm, expressive artwork and spare, lyrical prose, the story of a young girl’s move toward rather than away from home unfolds.

About the author

Written by Traci Sorell; illustrated by Michaela Goade

Product details

• Authors: Michaela Goade, Traci Sorell
• Assisted by: Michaela Goade (Illustration)
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.2024
• EAN: 9781984816030
• ISBN: 978-1-984816-03-0
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 260 mm x 264 mm x 9 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational, JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life, Science fiction (Children's / Teenage), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Native American