Nov 10, 2021

Recent Reads: A Home Again by Colleen Rowan Kosinski


A Home Again by Colleen Rowan Kosinski, Valeria Docampo (Illustrator)
Publisher: TwoL ions
Publication Date: November 1, 2021 



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27405327-pop-manga-coloring-book?from_search=true  https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Manga-Coloring-Book-Beautiful/dp/0399578471?ie=UTF8&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0399578471&linkCode=as2&redirect=true&ref_=x_gr_w_bb&tag=x_gr_w_bb-20

Format: Ebook 
Source: 
Bought with Amazon Prime First Reads discount in October 2021

Rating:


Goodreads Synopsis: 
After the last brick is laid, a family moves into a brand-new house. As the family grows, the house delights in the sound of laughter echoing in its halls and the pitter-patter of little feet traversing its floors and realizes it is no longer just a house. It has become a home—their home. One day, the family packs up, and with tears in their eyes, they say goodbye. The house doesn’t know if it can ever be happy again until a special couple appears and it begins to feel a sliver of hope. Perhaps it can become a home once more…

Told from the perspective of a house, this story’s heartfelt text and beautiful illustrations convey a warmth of feeling as two families change and grow at different times within the same four walls.
Review: 
This was such a cute book, it was heartwarming and a little sad at times but in the end a very nice tale. The story is told from the point of view of the house, a family grows up there and then sadly must say goodbye. The poor house sits and waits until another family comes to help it come alive again. 

I loved that this was a tale told from the house's point of view, it was cute to think about how a house feels about us living in it versus how we often get sentimental about our homes. I love making a house a home, I move often enough to have done it a few times now. This story was very sad in some ways, the poor house being sad about losing its family, but then was so uplifting as a new family comes to live there and make it fresh and new. 

Other things that I like about this book was the showcasing of the LGBTQ comminuty in a children's book and the gorgeous images throughout. I think that this would be a good book for helping young ones cope with moves, new places, but also maybe for understanding that everything has feelings . The inclusive nature is wonderful in many ways as well.

No comments:

Post a Comment