Addendum: I see that Home has been criticized for some stereotyping, when it comes to who lives where - a young girl of color living in a graffiti-covered urban apartment building, for instance - as well as some poorly thought out juxtapositions. Influential artist Carson Ellis makes her solo picture-book debut with a beautifully imaginative tribute to the many possibilities of home. Coming as it does before the "home" in a shoe - a clear fairy-tale reference - I myself read the Middle-Eastern scene as a reference to the story of Aladdin, and have to wonder if these critics are simply unaware of that story, and ignorant of the wider storytelling tradition of The Arabian Nights.

I had mixed feelings on this book, while the illustrations were beautifully done and are quite whimsical, I felt that the actual story did not have a good flow. I found that while I appreciated the individual homes beings portrayed, somehow their juxtaposition just didn't work for me.Ellis reflects on all the possibilities of home through her lovely illustrations and fantastical imaginings of all that a home could be. I enjoyed the cyclical ending (or beginning) of this book and how Ellis' journey through different homes, imaginary as well as wholly real all blossomed from the artist's studio (final picture). We liked the way some homes were real and some like the Moonian's house and the home of the Norse god were fantasy. Is the pairing of an old sailing ship with people living in a wigwam an intentional reference to first contact between Europeans and Native Americans? Discussion: I could spend hours looking at the pictures in this book, ferreting out half-hidden delightful details.

I also did not care for the way some individuals / homes were depicted, and to me seemed to stereotype. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. I don't know what it was about it (something about the shape of the lines maybe) but I could honestly look at it all day; I want to frame it and put it on my wall.That said, I wasn't quite as impressed with the narrative, which felt random to me, and not in an appealing way. Carson has been awarded silver medals by the Society of Illustrators for her work on Wildwood Imperium and on Dillweed's Revenge by Florence Parry Heide. Recommended to fans of Ellis' artwork, or to those who have enjoyed Jon Klassen's books, which have a very similar visual feeling to them.