Our Home: The Love, Work, and Heart of Family

Our Home is about the power of families, their beautiful but unending work, and the special connection between family members who share a space.

＂A tip of the hat to all of the invisible labor that happens [...] making little ones aware of what their parents do and reminding parents to watch for those bucket-filling moments of delight with their children.＂ --School Library Journal

It’s funny to get so excited about things we may think of as chores.
But what if you thought of it this way--each job is a hug at its core!

Follow a diverse cast of families as they discover all it takes to make their homes welcoming and cared-for places. From making their bed to helping in the kitchen, readers will realize how much they contribute and the value of all family members sharing this beautiful work.

With gorgeous, eye-catching illustrations, Our Home is sure to become a family favorite. And as your child reads along, they’ll learn that taking care of the home isn’t just a chore--it’s an act of love and joy that can bring the whole family together.

Lori Sugarman-Li believes in the power of families and is a passionate voice in the cultural shift aiming to articulate value and visibility for unpaid work. A book for children culminated Lori’s career as a marketing strategist, and all she learned in her decade devoted to full-time care of her children, their schools, and children’s charities across the globe. Lori, her husband, and two sons are Canadian-born and, unwilling to give up bone-chilling winters, now live steps from Lake Michigan in Chicago. Raised formatively in London, Lori’s children still occasionally call her ＂Mummy,＂ which she relishes.

María Perera was born in a small seaside town in northern Spain. When she was very young, she found out that there were few things in life that she enjoyed as much as listening to The Beatles and drawing. She graduated with a degree in art history, then studied graphic design. She has worked as a freelance illustrator for several international publishers, magazines and advertising agencies and loves to work on portraits and children’s books. She is very inspired by 60’s -70’s music, literature and cinema and loves to spend time with her family and friends. She still listens to The Beatles and feels fortunate to be able to do what she loves the most for a living, illustration.