I just love all the books Nora and I have been discovering lately. Some through friend's recommendations, some from blogs and others just by sweet happenstance. I have a pretty long list of great books I want to pass along, so I thought I'd break them into categories. These are some wonderful titles that seem to center around the theme of Home.
All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan. This is a gorgeous book and one I've put on our "to own" list. Little Eli describes life on his family's farm, from the sweet soil his father plows to the smell of leather in his grandfather's barn and the blueberry flats where he picnics with his mother. It is hard to read this and not daydream about buying a few acres, a barn and a menagerie of animals.
A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman. This book was given to me at a shower before I had Nora and the well-read gift-giver stated that this was her very favorite book as a kid (thanks Kathy!). The illustrations in this book are amazing...always important to me. The pictures are of intricate detail and provide something new to find on each page and with each reading. Reading like poetry, homes are described from ant hills to corn husks, tickling Nora's imagination and helping her see the world just a little bit differently.
I Know a Place by Karen Ackerman. Unfortunately, this little book about the sounds, smells and routines of a little girl's home seems to be out-of-print. This was one that Nora pulled off the library shelf on her own and I'm so glad she did. From the sounds of her father's early morning footsteps as he readies himself for work to family dinners and snuggling under her quilt at night - it highlights the importance of the rhythms of home and the comfort children find in it's familiarities.
Do you have any favorite books about "home"?
