num_pages: 40
description: Deborah Freedmans masterful new picture book is at once an introduction to the pieces of a house a cozy story to share and explore and a dreamy meditation on the magic of our homes and our world.Before there was this housethere were stonesand mudand a colossal oak treethree hugs aroundand as high as the blue.What was your home once?This poetically simple thought-provoking and gorgeously illustrated book invites readers to think about where things come from and what nature provides.
language: English
title: This House, Once
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers