This is a beautiful book to teach children about different types of housing and home situations, and to start a discussion on inclusion and sharing resources. It has beautiful illustrations that gradually gained more color, as well as a wonderful story about two siblings and their journey.

The poignant picture book Home by Tonya Lippert is needed now more than ever. So many children among us endure the uncertainty of shelters and homelessness. They often quietly bare this hardship. "Home" invites the reader to view the struggle through a child's lens. The story is sure to spark necessary conversations about empathy and community.

Beautiful artwork illustrates a trying time in one family’s life. Where before they lived in a house and decorated and dreamed in it, something happened and the family became homeless. Relying on friends, and eventually ending up in a shelter, the kids had a hard time, and felt anxious and worried about what would happen next.

I like how a difficult and scary subject is presented honestly and without judgment, educating kids about an aspect of homelessness, and how the family has things it needs to deal with, and how, with work, they end up in a house by the end of the story.

Thank you to Netgalley and to American Psychological Association for this ARC in exchange for my review.

The author of Home does an excellent job of crafting a story that offers dignity to those who experience homelessness. I was particularly drawn in by the matter-of-fact way the children in the story explain their lives. As the author notes, being unhomed is the way some people experience life and to treat it as spectacle would not offer dignity to those struggling with these realities. Home is an excellent resource to discuss all the different ways that one might live and to start thinking about the things we might do as a society to make change so no one is faced with those decisions. As an aside, the author note for this book is lovely and really important for the story.

This book belongs in every classroom across the country, to help raise awareness and empathy for the displaced population of students. I LOVED this book and it brought a tear to my eye. Told from the point of view of a brother and sister duo, we see their journey from one house to living in a shelter, to living in another house, but home and their family are with them no matter where they go. The same joys travel to wherever they are. This is a story about moving forward and seeing through the struggle to a fresh start. It's a focus on the strength of the human spirit and the plain fact that sometimes things happen that you didn't expect and you have to roll with it and do the best you can. It endeavors to remove the stigma of asking for help or accepting it. I couldn't be prouder to read this book.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me an advanced copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this short little story about Clare and Wes as they find themselves in limbo. They have lost their house and are now "nowhere" and then "somewhere." But neither of those places is home.

They continue to have adventures and make the most of the situation, but are still obviously distressed about how their lives look different than their friends' lives.

This title was extremely well-written and made this topic accessible to its audience. I would definitely purchase this title for my future children to talk to them about houseless people and what their experiences may look like. Highly recommend to any of my parent friends who want to get a title about homelessness for their kids.

This story did a beautiful job of examining the impact that homelessness has on children experiencing it. I thought the illustrations made a powerful use of colour to depict the warmth of family and home. I think this book is best for slightly older children, but younger children could still understand and connect with the more abstract concepts and the book would provide a great starting point for conversations with kids.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read and review in exchange for an honest review.

This book is heartbreakingly beautiful. It tells a simple story of a family going through the experience of being houseless. It shares the thoughts and ideas that children feel. It is beautiful and will be a great addition to a classroom library.

I feel this is a book every child should read. This book shows what it is like to be homeless. While also explaining that though our home may change the love and people they share it with stay the same. Change is just a part of life and it can get better. This is a must purchase!

I appreciate the concept of this picture book as its not something that is written about often. I think that the concept may go over the heads of children who have not experienced this issue but for a child who has gone through it, it may be relatable. However, I think that the "something" and "nothing" portions of the book are confusing for children.... they were confusing for me.

Clare and Wes live in a brown house with their family. They're happy, Clare decorating and Wes drawing pictures. Then one day their family leaves the brown house and moves to motel after motel and ends up at a shelter. And, after a while, things go back to being good and they move into a beautiful blue house, where Clare decorates and Wes draws pictures.
But they never forget that, no matter where they were, there was something they never lost: their family.

This picture book wants to raise awareness and teach kids empathy towards homeless (or unhoused) people: be kind to them and know that for some people it's a choice, for others it really isn't.

I loved the illustrations, I loved how Clare and Wes and their family were colored in while the rest was black and white but at the end the color starts to spread to their surroundings, just like their love spreads and touches everyone and everything around them!

Thanks to Netgalley and American Psychological Association, Magination Press for a free digital copy.

A sweet story about to kids who are homeless but they find home in the different places where they sleep. I loved the illustrations, the black and white illustrations accented with color were great for this story.

Thanks to Netgalley and American Psychological Association, Magination Press for a free digital copy.

A tender story about two kids who are homeless and where they find home even when the walls and places they sleep at night change. The powerful use of black and white paired with color in the illustrations just strengthens the power of this story.

I cannot wait to get this into my classroom as it is honestly one of the best books about homelessness I've ever read. This is a great resource not only for children experiencing homelessness, but for all kids, to help them demystify and destigmatize the experience of homelessness and to begin developing empathy for those who are unhoused.

The story is told in a very realistic, matter-of-fact way that uses kid-friendly language while still respecting kids' capacity to understand complex issues much more than we often give them credit for. The family in the book experiences homelessness in a very common, undramatic way--for some reason the family loses their housing, spends time temporarily staying with family/friends, goes to a shelter (where it's subtly acknowledged that this often results in family separation), and eventually finds new housing. The kids experience stresses and worries, but the overall tone is not scary. The kids cope and the members of the family support and love each other.

I cannot encourage elementary teachers, school psychologists/counselors, and librarians strongly enough to order this book!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

I like the use of color to highlight the connection. At the beginning they pass a woman living in a tent who is shown in black, white and gray. And at first when playing with other kids they're also colorless. But as they build connections with friends and those around them the color is there.

This is a great book for children who've experienced being unhoused to see their story being told and know they are not alone.

I also appreciate the reader's note at the end drawing attention to the language we use around homelessness and the recommendation of houseless or unhoused along with why houselessness happens, resources and more.

I received an ARC of Home, by Tonya Lippert. Clare and Wes are homeless, they do not like, nowhere, somewhere, or anywhere, they like home. This is a good book to teach kids and parents, empathy and tolerance of the homeless, and anyone different from them.