What's the best room in the house? Is it the kitchen with its wonderful aromas and goodies? Or is it the front porch, where guests flock to visit on summer nights? Maybe it's the cozy bedroom, when you are snuggling deep under the covers on winter mornings. With gracious text and enchanting images, Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant and acclaimed illustrator Wendy Anderson Halperin invite readers home -- to remind us why there's no place like it! reSchool-K-Describing the individual rooms in a house, Rylant moves from porch to attic, stopping by the living room, kitchen, bathroom, and bedrooms in between. In a quiet, warm mood, the narrative delineates the gestures and activities of a multigenerational household. Halperin brings a multitude of details to life using a pastel palette of gold, green, peach, and rose. Attractive spot art picks up one item from a room, such as a hanging basket from the porch or a teapot from the kitchen, as a visual clue for readers. The love of reading is apparent-books appear throughout the dwelling. This title is similar to Daniele Bour's The House from Morning to Night Kane Miller, 1998), which chronicles each hour of the day. Because there will be something new to discover in the art with subsequent read-ings, children will repeatedly choose this book for one-on-one sharing. Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. Ages 4-8. The team that produces the Cobble Street Cousins series, brings to life the varied and delightful world of houses, while also remaining cognizant of all a home represents. The oversize book begins with a captivating two-page spread showing a checkerboard of places people live: castles, huts, and the John Hancock Center. Anyone who has seen Halperin's drawings of rooms knows that they are like a dollhouse come alive. This is particularly true here as they detail the inside and outside of dwellings: a front porch decorated for Christmas, a cluttered living room, a kitchen so chockfull of happy moments, dear mementos, and delicious treats that it takes panels along the top and the bottom of the page to show them all. As the text describes what such concrete things as a refrigerator and a bubbly bathtub mean, it strives toward the lyrical, and sometimes makes it. But this is really all about the artwork. Halperin's pictures can be looked at over and over and over again, and children still won't see everything. Nor will they want to; they'll savor returning to this cornucopia of the familiar and its warm message. Ilene Cooper Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Wendy Anderson Halperin is an acclaimed artist who has illustrated dozens of books for children, including Let’s Go Home by Cynthia Rylant, Soft House by Jane Yolen, and Turn, Turn, Turn! by Peter Seeger. She lives in South Haven, Michigan. Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including beloved series Henry and Mudge, Motor Mouse, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novel Missing May received the Newbery Medal. She lives in Oregon. Used Book in Good Condition