Finding Home
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A powerful socio-emotional picture book about friendship and courage in the face of hardship.When Conejo's house blows away in a storm, his friends and neighbors take turns helping him look for it. Though they do not find his house, they each send him on his way with good cheer and small gifts. Conejo is grateful for their support, but still finds himself sitting with sadness for some time. When the rain clears, Conejo finds the courage to rebuild. He fills his new home with the memories, love, and support he collected from his friends along the way.
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When gray-furred, green-eyed rabbit Conejo's house blows away in an autumn gale, he isn't so much angry as dejected. After following "the trace of the wind," he's resting, exhausted, when his friend Lobo Lobito rides by on a scooter and offers help. Though they don't find the missing house, the picnic they share cheers Conejo up. Newcomer Meza works in a striking, folk art influenced style; plants and trees are flat geometric shapes in deeply saturated hues, and animal characters have masklike faces with big, expressive eyes. As the rabbit continues on, his friends' offers of support and love sustain him: Perezoso the sloth gives Conejo a gift, and Buh ta the owl plays music and tells stories. After he leaves Buh ta, "Conejo sat with sadness for some time," until a new breeze sends him in a new direction. An author's note cites natural disasters in Puerto Rico and Mexico City as the story's genesis for Meza's reflection on homelessness and helping loved ones. Friends can't fix everything when something bad happens, but generosity and warmth can often help until better times arrive. Ages 4 8.
