Being Home
Being Home
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Being Home

Written by Traci Sorell & illustrated by Michaela Goade
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$18.99
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4 - 8
Reading age
32
Page count
AD450L
Lexile measure
May 7, 2024
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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.

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culturemovingfamilyrace and ethnicityfamily lifemultigenerationallifestylescity and town life

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781984816030
    Publication Date
    May 7, 2024
    Publisher
    Kokila
    Page Count
    32
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2024005689
    Lexile® Level
    AD450L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~M
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~3.1

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