Home to Me

by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Stephen Alcorn (Illustrator)

Home is where the heart is -- as we find out in this beautiful collection of poetry selected by renowned poet Lee Bennett Hopkins.

From prairies to parks, reservations to ranches, cities to suburbs, this collection of poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins will resonate with readers everywhere. With poems by today's most gifted contemporary poets, Alice Schertle, Janet Wong and Jane Yolen, "Home . . . To Me" is a mosaic of traditional and non-traditional dwellings. "Home . . . To Me" creates a place where everyone is welcome.

Genres: Poetry, Picture Books

48 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

Lee Bennett Hopkins was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2017. He holds a Guinness Book of Records citation for compiling the most anthologies for children. He has also received the Christopher Award, the Regina Medal, and the National Council of Teachers of English Excellence in Poetry for Children Award. He lives in Florida.

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Reviews

[Kyle G · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book makes me feel warm inside and it talks about a lot of different areas of America. The authors did a great job with their poems and I think that Lee Hopkins chose good poems for this book. I reccommend this book to everyone. I think that this book could be enjoyable to a lot of people. My favorite poems in this book are the ones about the oceans (pages 14 and 17).

-Kyle Garland

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book (dated 2002) in our school library. Its poems by numerous authors like Janet S. Wong and Rebecca Kai Dotlich can be used to illustrate both the physical home and the home that people love because it connects to one’s heart. Dotlich writes of the prairie: “I breathe in stories/told to me;/when winds came calling,/a fine dust falling” and Wong of living above Good Fortune (a restaurant) on a street “whee every other thing is Lucky/and every other other thing is for tourists”. There are homes on islands, by the sea and on the sea, along with the “Rez” and the desert. It’s a book full of love and stories, including the illustrations which are colorful and dream-like.

[Ariel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very interesting to me. It tought me to that your home is where your heart is. I love the poem by Lee Bennett Hopkins about the city I love. It talks about what happens in the city and yeah that's about what it talks about. Amazing poem book! I recommend this book for poems lovers because there are lots and different poems in this book.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was not a huge fan of this book, but I did like how the poems gave insight to different cultures in our country: farm life, the sea, Indian culture, etc. Even though I did not enjoy this book, I think it could provide a great opportunity for students to relate at least one poem to their own culture and lifestyle and write about that connection.

[Jennifer Oaks · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an excellent book to for exposure to different cultures. From farm-life to living by the sea, the poems reflect the author
s love for their homeland. This would be a good opportunity to have students write about what they love about their homeland.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another good collection from Lee Bennett Hopkins... Poems about and from diverse places across America...