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The Heart of Our Home

The Heart of Our Home - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Janelle WashingtonTheme:Ethnic Orientation/African American, Topical/FamilyAudience:Ages 4-8Publish date:3/24/2026Pages:32
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Roaring Brook PressISBN-13:9781250357366ISBN-10:1250357365UPC:9781250357366Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Family, African American & BlackBook Topic:MultigenerationalSize:10.30 x 10.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1Product ID:SCHA66PBNB

This author-illustrator debut from Caldecott honor-winning creator Janelle Washington (Choosing Brave) is a timeless ode to one family's kitchen table: stained, scratched, and full of love.

The heart of this family's home beats steadily at the round wooden kitchen table.

Every morning, they gather around it for breakfast. In the afternoons, it's where homework gets done, and where art projects, and sometimes brownies, are made. On Fridays, it's where they prepare the fish fry.

Anniversaries, birthday parties, graduations. All are celebrated at their kitchen table.

When they tell their stories, it listens. And when they cry, it gives comfort.

Their kitchen table is a place for family, friends, and memories.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Roaring Brook PressISBN-13:9781250357366ISBN-10:1250357365UPC:9781250357366Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Family, African American & BlackBook Topic:MultigenerationalSize:10.30 x 10.40 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1Product ID:SCHA66PBNB
Janelle Washington is a paper-cut artist, illustrator, and recipient of the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator for illustrating Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy. Janelle recently moved back to her hometown, Richmond, Virginia, where she spends time with her parents, sitting around their kitchen table. When she isn't at her childhood home, she enjoys being outside in the sun or inside, cutting her paper-cut designs. The Heart of Our Home is her authorial debut. She is a member of the Guild of American Papercutters.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

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