About this Event
Join us for a special Spring Break Storytime featuring Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña and bestselling illustrator Loren Long as they share their newest picture book, Home! This dynamic duo, known for their beautiful collaboration on Love, returns with a heartfelt story celebrating the many places we find comfort, belonging, and love.
This is a free event perfect for kids, families, and educators. You'll have the opportunity to purchase a copy of Home with your registration at a discounted price, and there will also be copies of Matt and Loren's books for sale at the event.
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About the Author & Illustrator
Matt de la Peña is the Newbery Medal–winning author of Last Stop on Market Street. He is also the author of the award-winning picture books The Perfect Place, Patchwork, Milo Imagines the World, Carmela Full of Wishes, Love, and A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis, as well as a number of critically acclaimed young adult novels. Visit him at mattdelapena.com.
Loren Long is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Otis series, which is now an animated television series. He's also the illustrator of the New York Times bestsellers Change Sings by Amanda Gorman, Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama, and Love by Matt de la Peña. Visit him at LorenLong.com.
About the Book
From Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña and bestselling illustrator Loren Long, the powerhouse duo behind the #1 New York Times bestseller Love, comes a moving meditation on the places we feel most comfortable, loved, and protected—wherever that might be.
Home is a tired lullaby
and a late-night traffic that mumbles in
through a crack in your curtains.
Home is the faint trumpet of a distant barge
as your grandfather casts his line
from the edge of his houseboat.
With lyrical text and expressive artwork, Matt de la Peña and Loren Long celebrate the beauty and love found in every home, no matter its size. They show how a home is more than just a place . . . People can be a kind of home—a family and a community that cares for one another. And the natural world is another kind of home, a refuge we share with every living thing on Earth.
This deeply moving ode to the universal pull of home, whatever its form, is destined to become a new classic that will be cherished by readers of every age.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bookmarks, 634 West 4th Street, Winston-Salem, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 19.02
