Home Is a Wish - by Julia Kuo (Hardcover)

About the Book

A child moves far away from everything comforting and familiar, but slowly discovers home is where the heart is.

Book Synopsis

A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated picture book about leaving home and finding a new place to fit in, for anyone dealing with a move, to another town or to a new country.

Sometimes we leave home in the mornings, in the evenings, or for much longer. But we always come back.

Home becomes a wish when we move, when the new place isn't the same. Everything might be different: the sounds, the smell, the people, the weather.

But home isn't just a place. We carry home in our hearts, and it can grow and change as we do in our lives. With time, new faces become friends, and what is different becomes familiar.

Home can be a wish that comes true.

Like Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away and The Day You Begin, this beautiful exploration of what it's like to deal with a big change is personal, emotionally resonant, and relatable. With page after lovely page of captivating art, New York Times bestselling illustrator Julia Kuo has created a lasting story about how time, patience, and an open heart can help someone feel at home anywhere in the world.

Review Quotes

★"Elegantly constructed yet warmly comforting--a soothing balm for children undergoing similar changes." -Kirkus, starred review

★"[A] pensive tale of relocation that centers the melancholy as well as the optimism of change." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

★"Share this picture book with readers struggling to adjust to a new place, offering them comfort and reassurance that home isn't just a physical space--it's something they can always carry with them in their hearts." -BCCB, starred review

"Home Is a Wish is a deeply felt story [and] one of the best this reviewer has seen." -BookPage

About the Author

Julia Kuo is the author and illustrator of Let's Do Everything and Nothing and Luminous: Living Things that Light Up the Night. She is the illustrator of several picture books including I Dream of Popo by Livia Blackburne, I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story by Martha Brockenbrough and Grace Lin, and New York Times bestselling Rise by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang. Julia has created editorial illustrations for publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. She currently lives in Bellevue, WA.