This Is My Home, This Is My School [Hardcover]

Drawing from his own childhood experiences, Jonathan Bean takes the autobiographically inspired family he introduced inBuilding Our Housethrough the special rhythms and routines of a homeschooling day. For young Jonathan and his sisters, Mom is the teacher and a whole lot more, and Dad is the best substitute any kid could want. From math, science, and field trips to recess, show-and-tell, and art, a school day with this intrepid, inventive family will seem both completely familiar and totally unique. Includes a selection of family snapshots and a note from the author.JONATHAN BEAN received an M.F.A. from New York's School of Visual Arts and now lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A two-time winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, forAt NightandBuilding Our House, he is also the illustrator ofBig Snow, two picture books by Lauren Thompson, andBad Bye, Good Byeby Deborah Underwood.

This is no ordinary back-to-school tale. USA Today

A great choice for emerging readers, and the strong sense of place, anchoring the school experience to a family's beloved home while also opening it up to embrace the wider world, will resonate with young children just beginning to navigate the home/school divide. School Library Journal, starred review

Homeschooling families rejoice! This warm, uplifting, and hilarious book will delight kids who wonder if other families live just like they do. My family laughed, nodded, and smiled all the way throughfrom the first illustration to the last. Sure to become a classic on homeschoolers' bookshelves all over the world. Sarah Mackenzie, Creator, Read-Aloud Revival and author ofTeaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace

Warmhearted . . . Capture[s] the coziness as well as the frenetic pace of the homeschooling day. The Horn Book

The family fromBuilding Our Housereturns, but this time their son tells readers all about lÓ$