A Home That Means the World

Learn the importance of home and welcoming new people into communities with this beautifully illustrated picture book.

Flora slept and woke.
She felt sun
And wind
And every day she searched the horizon for something small
That would grow into a home.

One day, a weaver ant family’s world is turned upside down when their home is destroyed.

With only a few belongings on their backs, they set off in search of a place to live, meeting many creatures on the way. Some are kind, some are not so kind. Some of the places are warm, some are cold. Sometimes the creatures they meet are friendly, sometimes they are not. And some are on similar journeys, moving across the land.

They stay here and there, under and over ground, up high and down low. But none of the places feel quite right. Will the weavers ever find somewhere they can call home again?

This heartwarming read from award-winning illustrator Victoria Turnbull teaches values of inclusivity and community, putting the concepts of displacement and asylum into terms that young children can easily understand. A book that encourages kids to be welcoming and considerate, empowering them to be kind to all.

Praise for Victoria Turnbull’s previous books:

’Utterly magical storytelling’ --The Bookseller

’As an artist, Turnbull has two crucial gifts: the power of imagination and the ability to make emotions visible’--Publishers Weekly

’Incandescent’--Kirkus

VICTORIA TURNBULL is an emerging star in the picture book world, whose talent led her to win& the 2013 Association of Illustrators New Talent Award, Children’s Book category. The Sea Tiger was one of the hot debuts of 2014 and has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway 2015 medal. Key bloggers are taking note, with The Sea Tiger described as ’quite heart-stoppingly beautiful’ (The Book Sniffer), ’A book full of life, movement and fluidity, and yet at times utterly still... Truly magical’ (The Illustrated Forest), and demonstrating ’echoes of Sendak’ (Jill Bennett).