Being Home [Hardcover]

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.Praise for Being Home By Traci Sorell; illustrated by Michaela Goade:

An ALSC's 2025 Día Booklist for Birth to Pre-K
A Publishers Weekly Best Picture Book of 2024
A 2025 ALSC Notable Children’s Book
A Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2024
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2024
American Booksellers Association May/June 2024 Kids’ Indie Next List Pick
CSMCL Best Books of 2024
Common Sense Media’s Best Books of 2024
A Bank Street Best Book of 2025


★ An evocative, heartwarming testament to the power of home and community.
— Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★” It’s a joyful image of a family embracing change that examines “the rhythm of being home.”
— PublisherlÃw