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The Heart of Our Home

Name: The Heart of Our Home
Brand: Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781250357366
Price: 37.0 NZD
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By Janelle Washington

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The Heart of Our Home beats steadily at the round wooden kitchen table. Every morning, the family gathers around it for breakfast. In the afternoons, it's where homework gets done, and where art projects, and sometimes brownies, are made. On Fridays, it's where they prepare the... Read More

Format: Hardback

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The Heart of Our Home

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This author-illustrator debut from Caldecott honour winning creator Janelle Washington (Choosing Brave) is a timeless ode to one family's kitchen table: stained, scratched, and full of love.

This author-illustrator debut from Caldecott honor-winning creator Janelle Washington (Choosing Brave) is a timeless ode to one family's kitchen table: stained, scratched, and full of love.

Description

The Heart of Our Home beats steadily at the round wooden kitchen table.

Every morning, the family gathers around it for breakfast. In the afternoons, it's where homework gets done, and where art projects, and sometimes brownies, are made. On Fridays, it's where they prepare the fish fry.

Anniversaries, birthday parties, graduations. All are celebrated at their kitchen table.

When they tell their stories, it listens. And when they cry, it gives comfort.

Their kitchen table is a place for family, friends, and memories.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781250357366

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 April 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Roaring Brook Press

Illustration: full-color illustrations throughout

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Illustrated by Janelle Washington

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

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About the Author

Janelle Washington is a paper-cut artist, illustrator, and recipient of the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator for illustrating Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy. Janelle recently moved back to her hometown, Richmond, Virginia, where she spends time with her parents, sitting around their kitchen table. When she isn't at her childhood home, she enjoys being outside in the sun or inside, cutting her paper-cut designs. The Heart of Our Home is her authorial debut. She is a member of the Guild of American Papercutters. Visit her online at washingtoncuts.com