AT HOME IN A FARAWAY PLACE written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins

Writer-illustrator Lynne Rae Perkins’ AT HOME IN A FARAWAY PLACE is a short engaging novel that allows readers to travel with Lissie to Guatemala where she’s visiting her father’s friend Raul for two weeks. At the beginning she, a non-Spanish speaker, is nervous, but gradually begins to learn language, build friendships and experience the marvels of this country. Perkins’ black and white images recount as much as the words, denoting those Lissie learns and those she expresses that completely place readers in her perspective as she gradually becomes at home with a place that once felt foreign.You can find out more about this book at the purchase link below.