Twelve-year-old Grady and his mother relocate yet again, this time finding work taking care of an elderly man, who teaches Grady about cars, birds, and what it means to have a home.
After learning that she is not the biological daughter of boring Mr. and Mrs. Drudger, Fern embarks on magical adventures with her real father and finally finds "a place that feels like home.".
a story about art, inspiration, and the meaning of home
Cole, Henry
2010
Celeste, a mouse longing for a real home, becomes a source of inspiration to teenaged Joseph, assistant to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon, at a New Orleans, Louisiana, plantation in 1821.
Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of continuity and change in homes and home life in the United States, including such topics as types of homes, house work, playing, bathing, sleeping, and more.