I had mixed feelings on this book, while the illustrations were beautifully done and are quite whimsical, I felt that the actual story did not have a good flow.

Home” is recommended to introduce children to the concept of unique homes and would be exceptional in a situation where a family is intending to move.Coming as it does before the "home" in a shoe - a clear fairy-tale reference - I myself read the Middle-Eastern scene as a reference to the story of Aladdin, and have to wonder if these critics are simply unaware of that story, and ignorant of the wider storytelling tradition of The Arabian Nights. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. She has illustrated a number of books for kids including The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, The Composer Is Dead by Lemony Snicket, and The Wildwood Chronicles by her husband, Colin Meloy. The illustration style was wonderful, the only issue I have is that some of the scenes were not fully explained by the text, and might encourage children to believe broad, questionable stereotypes at an early age. The illustrations remind me of Felicita Sala's or Isabelle Arsenault's work which is huge praise indeed!

I would have treasured this beautiful book with its imaginative survey of houses around the planet and even beyond it!

The illustrations are mainly whimsical depictions of various types of homes, of both people and animals, around the world.

She also cleverly shows you how the very same home can look quite different, as with her comparison of a “clean” home versus a “messy” home. The picture of a Russian home, for instance, includes a samovar on the table and an onion-domed church out the kitchen window. Carson lives on a farm in Oregon with Colin, their two sons, two cats, one llama, three goats, many chickens, and an unfathomable multitude of tree frogs.

She uses her colours sparingly, browns, greys, greens and reds to great effect as we follow a little bird - a migrator free to travel anywhere - around the world (both real and imaginary) to places we may never visit.