Let’s Go Home: The Wonderful Things About a House by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin 2002
This is a book that celebrates the place we call home.
“But no matter the kind of house, it is the living inside that makes it wonderful, what happens in each room that makes it marvelous.”
A tour of each room in a house is lovingly explained on every page, from the front porch to the attic. The living room is “friendly”, the kitchen is “delicious”, and the bathroom is where you “find out what people like to read or how they like to smell or whether or not their teeth are real.” The warmth from Halperin’s illustrations will draw the reader in, and the exquisite detail is conducive to one-on-one sharing.
This story almost made me cry, as I have always been fascinated by houses, and the living that takes place inside the walls.
Appropriate for ages 4-8
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