Home Is Where the Birds Sing
By (Author) Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by Katie Harnett
Simon & Schuster
Beach Lane Books
3rd August 2022
23rd June 2022
United States
Children
Fiction
813.6
Hardback
40
Width 216mm, Height 279mm, Spine 10mm
449g
A beautiful and poignant meditation on what makes a home from Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant.
There are so many things, both big and small, that make a place feel like home. Home is where you might have a special nickname or a special toy. Its where you might have a snack or a nap or a bathor all three! Whether home is a city apartment or a country cottage, its a place you want to return to again and again. Celebrate all kinds of homesand all kinds of familiesin this cozy, lushly illustrated ode to the universal feeling of being at home.
Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, Brownie & Pearl, Motor Mouse, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novelMissing Mayreceived the Newbery Medal. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Katie Harnett is an award-winning illustrator and author who is based in Sheffield, England. She has written and illustrated three picture books, is the illustrator of the Franklins Flying Bookshop series written by Jen Campbell, and illustrates book covers and older fiction.