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Language
English
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"It's Rashin's first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she's used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids' families are from all over! The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right away what she'll say: Iran looks like a cat! What will the other kids say? Open this book to join Rashin in discovering the true things that shape a...
2) A house
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Bright illustrations paired with interactive call-and-response questions tell of what makes a house a home.
3) A good place
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Bee, Ladybug, Beetle, and Dragonfly are looking for a good place to live. And they each want something different. Every time they find what seems like the perfect spot, they soon discover it's underfoot, near traffic, or otherwise not safe. How will these four friends ever find a good place?"--
5) Home
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's Play (International) Ltd
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Follow Raccoon's walks around familiar and much-loved places. Join in the simple pleasures and joys of individual experiences. The route map is perfect for encouraging recollection and sequencing, while developing the reader's working memory--an essential part of every child's learning and cognitive development.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live in a treehouse, underground, in a castle, or even in a spaceship? If You Live Here is a whimsical tribute to the unique and special places we call home"--
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone's business. Can a dead tree full of annoying...
9) Homegrown
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Language
English
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Description
A young Black girl, with the help of her Mama and Granny, learns that home isn't just a place but rather a reflection of people who support and love one another.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"Deep in the woods is a house, just a house, that once was--but now isn't--a home. Who lived in that house? Who walked down its hallways? Why did they leave it, and where did they go?"--Page [2] of cover.
14) Once upon a book
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Alice can go anywhere in the magical pages of her favorite book. So when it flaps its pages and invites her in, she is swept away to a world of wonder and adventure. But at the end of her imaginative journey, she yearns for the place she loves best of all."--
18) Luna Oscura
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In the deep, dark forest, there exists a community of cats. And, within that community, there sits Luna, a black cat ostracized by the others due to superstitious beliefs. Aided by her trusty companion, Toad, Luna goes on a mission to not only find her forever home, but also her power, realizing along the way that black cats are magic.
19) You are home
Author
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"So if you ride to the corner, to the mountains, the sea, there's not a place in this world that I won't be. Wherever you travel and wherever you roam, just know, my sweet child, you will always be home. Home begins as a parent's arms, and as the child in this story grows up, home then has grass, and sky, and a street that doesn't end. The parent in this story reassures their child that they can keep going, they can find new homes, because wherever...
20) Eustace & Clyde
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Eustace and Clyde couldn't be more different. Eustace likes to laze around. Clyde likes adventure. But they care about each other deeply. So when their home in the tree becomes too loud and crowded, the koalas take off to find a place of their own. None of the new homes Eustace and Clyde find are quite right. They're too far away, or too cold (though the koalas have great hats!), or too . . . quiet. Maybe what Eustace and Clyde thought they wanted...
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