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Author | Crescent Dragonwagon |
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Illustrator | Jerry Pinkney |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's literature, picture book |
Published | 1990 ( Macmillan) |
Publication place | USA |
Media type | Print ( hardback) |
Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
ISBN | 9780027331905 |
OCLC | 19739875 |
Home Place is a 1990 book written by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney about a family who comes across the remains of a homestead and a girl who imagines what that family was like.
Publishers Weekly, in a review of Home Place, wrote "With striking craft, Dragonwagon limns a forgotten family's day-to-day existence. Pinkney's characteristically stunning, limpid watercolors are lush in shades of greens and browns, with touches of vibrant yellow in the flowers." [1] and School Library Journal called it " A wonderfully evocative work." [2]
Home Place has also been reviewed by Booklist, [3] and Kirkus Reviews [4]
It received the 1991 Golden Kite Picture book Award. [5]
This mood piece captures that quiet, reflective feeling a country hike can prompt. As always, Pinkney's watercolors are lush and memorable.
A pleasant exercise in imaginative nostalgia.
![]() First edition | |
Author | Crescent Dragonwagon |
---|---|
Illustrator | Jerry Pinkney |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's literature, picture book |
Published | 1990 ( Macmillan) |
Publication place | USA |
Media type | Print ( hardback) |
Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
ISBN | 9780027331905 |
OCLC | 19739875 |
Home Place is a 1990 book written by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney about a family who comes across the remains of a homestead and a girl who imagines what that family was like.
Publishers Weekly, in a review of Home Place, wrote "With striking craft, Dragonwagon limns a forgotten family's day-to-day existence. Pinkney's characteristically stunning, limpid watercolors are lush in shades of greens and browns, with touches of vibrant yellow in the flowers." [1] and School Library Journal called it " A wonderfully evocative work." [2]
Home Place has also been reviewed by Booklist, [3] and Kirkus Reviews [4]
It received the 1991 Golden Kite Picture book Award. [5]
This mood piece captures that quiet, reflective feeling a country hike can prompt. As always, Pinkney's watercolors are lush and memorable.
A pleasant exercise in imaginative nostalgia.