Book Description
for Being Home by Traci Sorell and Michaela Goade
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
“Today is moving day!” A young Cherokee girl has been living in the city, where the pace is too fast, animals are too few, crowds are too big, and the rest of her family is too far away. With everything packed, she bids a swift goodbye to the house and backyard swing before she and her mom head off, driving toward their ancestral homelands. “Singing, / shell shaking, / storytelling, / stickball playing / all offer different beats.” When they finally arrive, it’s to a lush landscape, a large and loving family and community, and “the rhythm of being home.” The words are spare but emotionally evocative, with pleasing details in the text extended by mixed-media illustrations in which rich colors are used to echo the comforting feeling of home as a place of warmth and belonging.
CCBC Choices 2025. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison, 2025. Used with permission.