Home Place (Dragonwagon book) explained

Home Place
Author:	Crescent Dragonwagon
Illustrator:	Jerry Pinkney
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Children's literature, picture book
Published:	1990 (Macmillan)
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.

Reception

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Half a Moon and One Whole Star . August 1, 1990 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. February 10, 2017.
2. Web site: Home Place: Reviews . catalog.wccls.org . February 10, 2017.
3. Web site: Home place . This mood piece captures that quiet, reflective feeling a country hike can prompt. As always, Pinkney's watercolors are lush and memorable. . Buffalo and Erie County Public Library . February 10, 2017.
4. Web site: Home Place . A pleasant exercise in imaginative nostalgia. . Kirkus Reviews . Kirkus Media LLC . February 10, 2017.
5. Web site: Past Golden Kite Recipients . scbwi.org . Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators . February 10, 2017 . May 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210516051218/https://www.scbwi.org/awards/golden-kite-award/125854-2/ . dead .