Back Home

by Gloria Jean Pinkney (Author) Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

Back Home
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Eight-year-old Ernestine's nostalgic summer vacation "back home" to Lumberton, North Carolina, is based on Gloria Pinkney's own childhood memories--perfect for intergenerational sharing. Full color.
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Starred Review
This semiautobiographical story follows an African-American girl from "up North" as she visits her relatives in North Carolina; PW's starred review singled out the author's fine characterizations and pacing, and said the illustrations were "some of Jerry Pinkney's finest work."
Gloria Jean Pinkney
Gloria Pinkney was born in Lumberton North Carolina where she set her first book Back Home. While attending high school in Philadelphia she met her husband illustrator Jerry Pinkney who attributes much of his success to her long-standing involvement in his work.

Over the years Gloria and Jerry have has collaborated in making quality books for children. She has hired his models, assembled costumes, photographed sets, and helped him research. Today, she continues to be closely involved with the illustration process. Back Home marked a new collaboration between the Pinkneys -- the first book written by Gloria and illustrated byJerry the product of a long happy and productive partnership.

The Pinkneys have four adult children, all of whom are working in the creative arts.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140565478
Lexile Measure
550
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Puffin Books
Publication date
June 01, 1999
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV025000 - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Farm Life & Ranch Life
JUV013030 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
Library of Congress categories
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