The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Yum, Hyewon

This Is Our House

40 pp. | Farrar/Foster | August, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-37487-7 $16.99

(2) PS "This is the house where my grandparents arrived from far away..." A girl associates tangible aspects of her house and neighborhood (a tree, the stairs) with meaningful kid-milestones and memories ("This is the street where I learned to walk, just like my mom"). Yum's rosy-cheeked, smiling characters and bright, expressive mixed-media illustrations offer visual warmth to complement the comfortingly circular narrative.

Reviewer: Claire E. Gross | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2013