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.

Author: Traci Sorell
Publisher: Kokila
Published: 05/07/2024
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.00h x 10.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781984816030
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 553810 / Being Home


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/12/2024
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2024
Booklist 05/01/2024 pg. 52
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2024
Shelf Awareness 05/04/2024
School Library Journal 06/28/2024 pg. 1
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2024 pg. 75
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2024 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Best-selling author Traci Sorell writes inclusive, award-winning historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats for young people. She is a two-time Sibert Medal and Orbis Pictus honoree and an award-winning audiobook narrator and producer. Eight of her books have received awards from the American Indian Library Association, including At the Mountain's Base, Contenders: Two Native Baseball Players, One World Series and She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller. A former federal Indigenous law attorney and policy advocate, Traci is a Cherokee Nation citizen and first-generation college graduate. She lives within her tribe's reservation in northeastern Oklahoma.

Author Site: https: //www.tracisorell.com/ Social: @tracisorell

Michaela Goade is a 2021 Caldecott Medalist and the New York Times bestselling illustrator of We Are Water Protectors, also a 2020 Kirkus Prize finalist. Her other books include Encounter; Shanyaak'utlaax: Salmon Boy, winner of the 2018 American IndianYouth Literature Award for Best Picture Book; and Berry Song, which received a Caldecott Honor. Michaela's work focuses on Indigenous kidlit, and she is honored to work with Indigenous authors and tribal organizations in the creation of beautiful, much-needed books. She is also an enrolled member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.

Author Site: https: //www.michaelagoade.com/ Social: @michaelagoade