Being Home

Being Home is a picture book about a Cherokee family moving back to their ancestral lands. It is written by Traci Sorell, a Sibert Honor author, and illustrated by Michaela Goade, a Caldecott Medal winner.

It is moving day, and a young Cherokee girl is saying goodbye to the swing, the house and the city where she has lived all her life. As her mother drives, she sketches the changing landscape outside the window. She is looking forward to the end of the trip, with a feast prepared by her extended family, creek play with her cousins and the settling in of a new daily rhythm.

The warm, expressive illustrations and spare, lyrical text tell the story of a child moving toward home rather than away from it.