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You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks
CCBC Review:
Sometimes sweeping, sometimes intimate images from 27 U. S. national parks showcase their beauty and majesty, while the accompanying narrative ode emphasizes the parks as being a legacy for all. “You are home” is the repeated refrain of a text that describes the park’s natural features (“soaring doorways of stone, and peaks that pierce the ceiling of clouds”) and inhabitants (wildflowers, pronghorn, fireflies, “resilient bison … prowling bobcat”). The diverse visitors who are shown at “home” in the parks include urban and rural, a child “whose family has just left its first footprints on new shores” and one “whose ancestors lived on these lands before the stars and stripes took them as their own: You are still home.” An author’s note tells more about his long history visiting national parks, and how he created the striking pastel-on-black paper illustrations, many of which were done on location. ©2020 Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Illustrated by Evan Turk
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-9
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subject:
Nature/Environment
Diversity subject:
Multicultural General
On CCBC Booklist:
Eco-Reading: Selected Books for Children and Teens about Our Earth and the Environment
Publishers:
Atheneum, Simon & Schuster
Publish Year: 2019
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781534432826
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Turk