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African American families
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Author_Janelle Washington
award winning illustrator
Black representation
caldecott honor illustrator
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family history
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multicultural childrens
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Product details
- ISBN 9781250357366
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 254 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 20 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The heart of this family’s home beats steadily at the round wooden kitchen table.
Every morning, they gather around it for breakfast. In the afternoons, it’s where homework gets done, and where art projects, and sometimes brownies, are made. On Fridays, it's where they prepare the fish fry.
Anniversaries, birthday parties, graduations. All are celebrated at their kitchen table.
When they tell their stories, it listens. And when they cry, it gives comfort.
Their kitchen table is a place for family, friends, and memories.
Janelle Washington is a paper-cut artist, illustrator, and recipient of the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator for illustrating Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy. Janelle recently moved back to her hometown, Richmond, Virginia, where she spends time with her parents, sitting around their kitchen table. When she isn't at her childhood home, she enjoys being outside in the sun or inside, cutting her paper-cut designs. The Heart of Our Home is her authorial debut. She is a member of the Guild of American Papercutters. Visit her online at washingtoncuts.com
