 Loading...  | Home is a wish Author: Kuo, Julia | |
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Summary:
A child moves far away from everything comforting and familiar, but slowly discovers home is where the heart is.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (12/15/24)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (00/01/25)
Full Text Reviews:
Other - 10/28/2024 A young protagonist reflects on time away (an ordinary day’s rhythm, a short trip with Mama, a longer trip with Amah), noting that "we always come back home." Then a moving van appears. The East Asian-cued family packs up their possessions, flies through sunset-hued skies, and drives at night to a new city. From a balcony overlooking the metropolitan bustle, the child wonders, "How can this be our home?" Avian motifs echo the narrative theme-side panels depict an adult tern guarding an egg and feeding a young chick, and terns also accompany the family’s plane through the sky. Kuo’s vivid color shifts-shadowy blues giving way to bright blue skies-herald the child’s gradual acceptance of a new home in this pensive tale of relocation that centers the melancholy as well as the optimism of change. Background characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 3-6. (Feb.) - Copyright 2024
