Our Big Home by Linda Glaser

Our Big Home by Linda Glaser

Young children usually think of their home as the structure in which they live. In Our Big Home, the author and illustrator present a much larger vision of home as the planet Earth. Linda Glaser's beautiful poem is a wonderful way to gently lead children toward the all-important understanding of caring for our environment. In her lyrical, child-oriented style, she presents the idea that our big home is shared not only with all people but with all plants and animals as well. She shows that we share the air, the water, the soil, and other elements that affect and sustain all of us who live on Earth. Elisa Kleven's vibrant art enhances the concept as she takes young readers to an African plain, a Caribbean island, a South American mountain, and around the world to see people and animals reveling in the beauty and abundance of our shared home.

Linda Glaser is the author of numerous children's picture books. After witnessing the actual Fivel speak to a sixth grade Sunday school class, she was inspired to create her first novel. His rich stories inspired her, and she felt as if she was connecting with the world of her Eastern European Jewish ancestors, who were also immigrants. Her spouse and two daughters live in Duluth, Minnesota. This is her first Houghton Mifflin book.