Back Home (Pinkney book)

Back Home
Author Gloria Jean Pinkney
Illustrator Jerry Pinkney
Country United States
Language English
Genre Children's literature, picture book
Published 1992 (Dial Press)
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 40
ISBN 9780803711686
OCLC 23973973

Back Home is a 1992 Children's picture book by Gloria Jean Pinkney and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. It is about a young girl, Ernestine, who, with her family, visits the place she was born.

Reception

BookList, in a review of Back Home, wrote "This is more a reminiscence than a plotted story, warm with Southern summer and family affection, a vignette of times gone by and roots rediscovered."[1] and School Library Journal found it "more a reminiscence than a plotted story, warm with Southern summer and family affection, a vignette of times gone by and roots rediscovered." [1] Publishers Weekly wrote "Gloria Pinkney's text has a relaxed pace that is perfectly suited to the summer setting. Her characterizations are particularly well drawn, and her dialogue thoroughly convincing. In some of Jerry Pinkney's finest work, sunlight filters through his pencil and watercolor illustrations, imbuing them with a feathery soft glow."[2]

Back Home has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[3] The Horn Book Magazine,[4] and the Smithsonian.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Drylongso". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Back Home". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. September 28, 1991. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Back Home". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. August 15, 1992. Retrieved January 4, 2017. The author's warm narration is nicely enhanced with realistic dialogue and details..
  4. ↑ A.A.F. (January 1993). "Back Home". The Horn Book Magazine. Media Source. 69 (1): 83. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Book Reviews: Back Home". Smithsonian. Smithsonian Institution. 23 (8): 200. November 1992. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
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