Home Is a Window [Hardcover]

A family learns what home really means, as they leave one beloved residence and make a new home in another.

A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People

Home can be many things--a window, a doorway, a rug . . . or a hug. At home, everything always feels the same: comfortable and safe.

But sometimes things change, and a home must be left behind.

Follow a family as they move out of their beloved, familiar house and learn that they can bring everything they love about their old home to the new one, because they still have each other. This heartfelt picture book by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard is richly illustrated by former Pixar animator Chris Sasaki.

A BookPage Best Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year★ Ledyard offers a meditation of sorts on the sense of comfort and belonging that home should evoke, whether it’s a place we know well or a new home to which we’ve just moved. . . . With a style that recalls the work of Jon Klassen and Christian Robinson (while still his own), Sasaki offers a rich interpretation of Ledyard’s spare, poetic text. —The Horn Book Magazine, Starred Review

Ledyard's ('Pie Is for Sharing') words hit every right note; Sasaki's illustrations are earthy and enchanting. —The New York Times Book Review

Ledyard’s extemporaneous text leaves wide berth for kids to amplify and personalize the story—as does Sasaki’s whimsical, tranquil digital art, which features an amalgam of patterns and geometric shapes. Emphasizing the comfort of the familiar and the promise of new beginnings, this book provides a conversal#h