Awards

• A Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club

• A Selection of Nest Literary Classics

• A Selection of the Junior Library Guild

• SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Award for illustration

• Booklist Editor's Choice 2001

• Featured on PBS Between the Lions

• Baltimore County Public Library Best Picture Books of 2001 

• Virginia Young Readers Award Nominee, 2003-2004

Reviews

 "With glorious acrylic paintings, Stringer...works her heady visual magic...”There’s no place like home” has been said many times and in many ways, but rarely so convincingly."                         
-Publisher's Weekly (starred)                                                                                   

"Every aspect of the art is curved: the lines themselves, the overall shapes of the pictures, and the path the eye follows in looking at each of the illustrations... The result is a warm, comforting vision of home, extending from the animals in the natural world to the children sleeping in their beds on the last page. Beautifully crafted and satisfying.”
-Booklist (starred)

“... Done in swirling acrylics, the bright and cheerful art provides visual clues to the text and reinforces the message about homes being “safe and snug.”
-School Library Journal (starred)

“…In big, richly colored scenes of beaver, bear, and other animal families curled up together, or solitary creatures from cocooned caterpillar to a rippling, spread-sized snail, Stringer expresses the cozy theme brilliantly, composing each picture with strongly drawn lines that curve around and in like cupped, protective hands…"
-Kirkus Reviews

“…a quiet gem of a book. Written in rhyme and accompanied by vibrant acrylic illustrations, this book introduces many of the unique and interesting places that animals make their homes….The illustrations that accompany each line of the poem are bright and warm…an engaging text that will leave readers wanting to know more about the animals and their homes."
-Miss Rumphius Effect Blog