Home Is a Wish

Julia Kuo's "Home Is a Wish" is a gorgeously illustrated picture book designed to support children aged 4-11 through the emotional experience of moving. It gently acknowledges the sadness of leaving a familiar home and the challenges of adapting to a new environment, where everything might feel different. The narrative emphasizes that home is not just a physical place, but a feeling we carry within us, capable of expanding as we make new friends and find comfort in new surroundings. This book is a poignant and hopeful exploration of resilience, belonging, and the power of an open heart in navigating significant life changes.

A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated picture book about leaving home and finding a new place to fit in, for anyone dealing with a move, to another town or to a new country. Sometimes we leave home in the mornings, in the evenings, or for much longer. But we always come back. Home becomes wish when we move, when the new place isn’t the same. Everything might be different: the sounds, the smell, the people, the weather. But home isn’t just a place. We carry home in our hearts, and it can grow and change as we do in our lives. With time, new faces become friends, and what is different becomes familiar. Home can be a wish that comes true. Like Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away and The Day You Begin, this beautiful exploration of what it’s like to deal with a big change is personal, emotionally resonant, and relatable. With page after lovely page of captivating art, New York Times bestselling illustrator Julia Kuo has created a lasting story about how time, patience, and an open heart can help someone feel at home anywhere in the world.