Home (Spectacular STEAM for Curious Readers (SSCR)) - Hardcover

Simler, Isabelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802856209 ISBN 13: 9780802856203

Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2024

Synopsis

ALSC Notable Children's Books List - Middle Readers (2025)

A 2025 Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book

"Unites STEM learning with literary excellence . . . an essential purchase." — School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)

 "[A] beautiful work of natural history." — The Wall Street Journal

"Astounding, unusual, and breathtaking dwellings."— Shelf Awareness (STARRED REVIEW)

"Stunning . . . An exceptional exploration." — Booklist (STARRED REVIEW)

A spectacular tour through the dwellings of twenty-seven different animals, from a hermit crab’s secondhand shell to a beaver’s lakeside dam to a comet moth’s silk cocoon.

Acclaimed creator Isabelle Simler presents a poetic journey through amazing animal homes across the world. In Europe, alpine marmots stay safe in underground refuges. In southeast Asia, Sumatran orangutans doze off in treetop bedrooms. In Mexico and the southwestern US, elf owls nest in holes in saguaro cacti. On every continent but Antarctica, honeybees mold wax into palaces for their queens. No matter where you travel, some creature is making an extraordinary place to call home. 

With connections to life cycles, camouflage, and other biological concepts, Home is a spellbinding showcase of the wonders of the natural world. Enchanting poetry, fascinating back matter, and intricately detailed art invite young readers to be amazed by the creativity and diversity of our animal neighbors.

Cooperative Children's Book Center CCBC Choices List - Poetry (2025)

About this title

About the Authors

Isabelle Simler has illustrated over twenty children’s books, including the New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book Plume, the Batchelder Honor Book Home, and acclaimed titles The Blue Hour, My Wild Cat, and A Perfect Spot. In starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, Booklist, and other publications, her work has been called “exceptional,” “stunning,” and “exquisitely detailed.”  Isabelle lives in Paris. Follow her on Instagram @isabellesimler and visit her website at isabellesimler.com.

 

Vineet Lal is a translator of books from French to English, including A Perfect Spot, The Brothers Zzli, and A Head Full of Birds (all Eerdmans). He studied French at Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh. Vineet lives in Scotland. Follow him on Twitter @vineet_uk.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802856209
• ISBN 13: 9780802856203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 68