Your House Is Not Just a House by Idris Goodwin, Lorraine Nam
ISBN: 0358683440
Genres: Adventure
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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Your House is Not Just a House

Words by Idris Goodwin

Art by Lorraine Nam

This picture book is about a boy who learns to use his imagination on a rainy day inside his house. A closet becomes a teleportation chamber which takes the boy to a planet of robots, a cardboard paper towel tube becomes a microphone, and the shower becomes a wild jungle. This is a fun rhyming read aloud which encourages young readers to embrace make-believe adventures in their own homes. Lorraine Nam’s cut-paper illustrations add to the whimsy. The end papers at the beginning of the book are rainy and dark, which are a lovely contrast to the warm and bright ones at the end of the book depicting pictures in the clouds.

4 stars

Reviewed by Lindsey Hopkins, Jay- Niles Memorial Library, Jay