A great book to read to a student who is struggling in a new town and new home. Helps explain that home is wherever they feel loved and wanted in their community. ( )

This poetic book shows scene after scene of what home can be to different people, and shows that home is people as much as place.

"Home is what feels
the same each day
and sometimes
what is new."

See also: Windows by Julia Denos and E.B. Goodale, Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina and Sonia Sánchez, When You Are Brave by Pat Zietlow Miller and Eliza Wheeler ( )

Home means different things to everyone. But to one little girl it is the familiarity of objects and ritual. Yet things change, and sometimes home may be something entirely new. Sasaki 's bright illustrations with the shadows of big city life versus the bright sun of the new home emphasize the story quite nicely. ( )