A stunning tribute to nature’s most improbable architects and their meticulous craft, Home is a poetic, intimate exploration of twenty-seven extraordinary natural habitats, including nests, lodges, cocoons, webs, and more.

Isabelle Simler is a highly acclaimed author of children’s literature, and she has mastered the art of depicting utterly bewitching realms that are inspired by nature. Her precise renderings of matter, colour, and light dazzle the eye, and the appealing way in which she narrates scientific facts makes understanding the structures and functions of these natural habitats and the behaviour of their occupants a most delightful experience!

Hardcover picture book, 20 x 32.5 cm, 64 pages

Award:

Home was awarded the “Prix d’Architecture pour la jeunesse” in 2023, by the Académie d’Architecture:

“Isabelle Simler’s book features habitats specific to each animal, with poetic drawings that, like embroidery, allow the reader to dream of the architecture. But it is not so much the butterfly, the ant or the eagle that interest Isabelle Simler as their fantastic homes, each adapted to the intimacy of these twenty-seven animals. It’s a general lesson about the link between the house and its inhabitants. The author plays with the French language and sends the reader into the pleasure of reading aloud to enter into this exemplary architecture of the animal world”.

Reviews:

“Standing out in beauty and breadth, a lyrical addition to the animal-homes shelf […] Simler takes young readers on a poetic, fanciful tour of animal homes”.

From Kirkus Reviews

“The striking artwork has a sketched, scratchy quality that is just as spectacular when taking a wide view of a golden eagle’s cliffside retreat as it is zooming in on a spider’s silvery web, and the blueprint endpapers are a particularly clever touch. The mesmerizing artwork combined with sophisticated text will appeal to a wide age range, and readers eager to learn more can delve into back matter offering a few more facts, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading. An exceptional exploration of a delightfully diverse roundup of natural dwellings and their equally intriguing inhabitants”.

From Booklist (Emily Graham)

Rights sold: English (World), Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese