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In every house, on every street . . . there is laughter
and tears. There are friends. There is family. And there is love.
A heartwarming celebration of homes . . . and all the families that make them.
and tears. There are friends. There is family. And there is love.
A heartwarming celebration of homes . . . and all the families that make them.
24 pages, Hardcover
Published May 6, 2020
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May 27, 2022
extra points for if yk where this is from 😭🕴🏼
October 6, 2020
This book was introduced in a placement school as the year 2's guided reading book for the half term. I really enjoyed reading the book through and especially liked the flap at the end of the book that shows each of the rooms in each house that had been mentioned throughout the book. I will definitely be getting a copy of this book for my future classroom. It can also make children think about how everything isn't always as it seems and there is usually more to what you see than you think. It may also be relatable to children as they may feel as if maybe one of the rooms mentioned is like what they have/do at home - this could therefore create a classroom discussion.
November 25, 2020
A lovely story about family and love. The book shows the normal things you expect to see in homes, such as relaxing, then going deeper and explaining much more than that happens when a family are together. A great book to pair with PSHE to show a range of different family types through the double-page page at the end of the book. The illustrations are beautiful, as is the text. The book promotes inclusion and the spreading of love. A lovely book to have in any classroom, I'd read the book as a read-aloud story to year 1 - year 4 children.
November 9, 2020
A great inclusive book in celebration of different houses and families. It tells the story of a family and what they get up to in their day to day life, in each different room. Beautiful illustrations and a lovely gatefold at the end of the book.
January 3, 2020
In a celebration of houses and families, this book shows the many varied uses each room can have as one mixed-race family goes about their daily life filled with baking, making forts, picking up toys, and sometimes even saying "sorry"! Near the end is a beautiful gatefold that opens up to show the inside of each house and apartment, showcasing the various ways in which all sorts of people and families use their space. Some look very similar to how we generally use our space, and perhaps some uses look different! But the commonalities remain the same--there is a sense of love and community through it all.
Perfect for children exploring different living situations and communities, and for explaining the similarities and differences some families might have from one to another. Great for grades K-2!
Review cross-listed here!
Perfect for children exploring different living situations and communities, and for explaining the similarities and differences some families might have from one to another. Great for grades K-2!
Review cross-listed here!
May 5, 2020
I wish this book was longer. Great illustrations about what families do in different rooms of their home which is similar to what other families do in their homes.
May 23, 2022
thank u harry styles for reading it to me 💖💖💖
September 16, 2020
What a beautiful book! Highly inclusive and highlights the importance of family time and sharing feelings and problems - no matter what your family looks like. Would very much recommend.
March 6, 2024
Rhyming lines tell the story of what goes on at home in one family's house. It would seem that even the most typical of experiences such as cooking or sleeping also present opportunities for small adventures and life lessons and that a home is a place where it's safe to laugh, cry, make mistakes, and have everything come out all right in the end. Young readers will like the colorful illustrations and the gatefold that opens up to show the interior of several homes and families, demonstrating that it just might be that all of them have something in common with the readers' own homes. It's fun to think that many of the same activities or little moments such as cooking or bathing or even reading a story are happening at the same time but in different places and with slight variations.
May 6, 2020
In Every House on Every Street by Jess Hitchman, illustrated by Lili La Baleine. PICTURE BOOK. Tiger Tales, 2019. $18. 9781680101720
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
The narrator and her family live in a typical house with all of the typical rooms, but each room is more than just that room – full of fun and laughter.
A nice celebration of home and family. It might be useful to launch a discussion of different kinds of homes. I like the longer rhyming lines – long enough to avoid being sing-songy.
Cindy Mitchell, Library Teacher
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
The narrator and her family live in a typical house with all of the typical rooms, but each room is more than just that room – full of fun and laughter.
A nice celebration of home and family. It might be useful to launch a discussion of different kinds of homes. I like the longer rhyming lines – long enough to avoid being sing-songy.
Cindy Mitchell, Library Teacher
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...
November 12, 2019
Okay, first I love the illustrations in this book. I was in love from the end papers. But the words are just as lovely. Have you ever wondered what goes on in someone else’s house? Sure everyone eats and sleeps and baths...but we’re all different. This is a peek inside one house. One busy, loving, playful family. At the end though, it leaves you to wonder and talk about how is their family like the others on their block and yours? The last spread to me is everything. A warm, delightful book full of energy and openness. The kind of book that makes the world a little bit better.
April 7, 2024
Copy provided by Young Adult Books Central
A little boy lives in an older house on a busy street, and invites the reader in to discover what goes on inside. While the kitchen is where the family, cooks, it's also where they learn to work as a team. The dining room sees some tomfoolery as well as meals, and the living room is the backdrop for games and singing. The entire house is for playing, but also for loving each other and taking care of each other. The last pages make the guess that behind the doors of other houses on the street, similar activities occur, and the pages that show people through cut out windows open up so that we can see the entire interiors of the houses!
Told in verse, this book follows the hectic adventures of a family that includes a mother and daughter who are lighter complected, and a father and son who are a bit darker. There is a lot of diversity on the street, with neighbors of a variety of ages, abilities, and ethnicities. The illustrator is French, and while there is a little bit of a European feel to the street, it could be located in any major city.
I love books with lots of details; the short text gives plenty of tiem to stop and ask listeners to pick out different objects in the backgrounds. The last two pages, with the fold out interior views of the insides of houses will get a LOT of use. Just be careful that it doesn't lead to a grown up Zillow addiction-- seeing inside other people's houses is always interesting.
As a child growing up in the suburbs, I was always enthralled with books that depicted city life. Imagine going out one's front door and being about to walk to shops and see friends! Both city dwellers and others will be drawn into this world, and it's a great choice for fans of books about houses and neighborhoods like Ellis' understated Home, Harper's My Block Looks Like, or Graham's The Concrete Garden.
A little boy lives in an older house on a busy street, and invites the reader in to discover what goes on inside. While the kitchen is where the family, cooks, it's also where they learn to work as a team. The dining room sees some tomfoolery as well as meals, and the living room is the backdrop for games and singing. The entire house is for playing, but also for loving each other and taking care of each other. The last pages make the guess that behind the doors of other houses on the street, similar activities occur, and the pages that show people through cut out windows open up so that we can see the entire interiors of the houses!
Told in verse, this book follows the hectic adventures of a family that includes a mother and daughter who are lighter complected, and a father and son who are a bit darker. There is a lot of diversity on the street, with neighbors of a variety of ages, abilities, and ethnicities. The illustrator is French, and while there is a little bit of a European feel to the street, it could be located in any major city.
I love books with lots of details; the short text gives plenty of tiem to stop and ask listeners to pick out different objects in the backgrounds. The last two pages, with the fold out interior views of the insides of houses will get a LOT of use. Just be careful that it doesn't lead to a grown up Zillow addiction-- seeing inside other people's houses is always interesting.
As a child growing up in the suburbs, I was always enthralled with books that depicted city life. Imagine going out one's front door and being about to walk to shops and see friends! Both city dwellers and others will be drawn into this world, and it's a great choice for fans of books about houses and neighborhoods like Ellis' understated Home, Harper's My Block Looks Like, or Graham's The Concrete Garden.
March 2, 2024
This children's book is a sweet and simple story about the diversity and similarities we can find in different families and households. The story mainly focuses on one family and what they do together in their house, which follows a rhyming and repetition pattern that children are sure to love. As the story nears the end though, it pans out to a house with rooms full of different families that are opened with 3D windows. It illustrates how different family structures can still be very similar in how they show love and support to each other. Therefore, this book celebrates diversity, but also the fact that we can be brought together by similarities at the same time. It ends with the statement "I wonder if our house is something like yours!," which reflects the story back onto readers so they can also find the similarities among their differences.
I would use this book in my classroom during any story time really, but I think it would be nice to utilize in a discussion about family and the many definitions it can have. It is a very important conversation that I think teachers should have early with their students, so I think this would be a good way to transition into it. Also, many students will feel seen with the diversity in representation in the book with the families, so this can reaffirm many identities if shared.
I would use this book in my classroom during any story time really, but I think it would be nice to utilize in a discussion about family and the many definitions it can have. It is a very important conversation that I think teachers should have early with their students, so I think this would be a good way to transition into it. Also, many students will feel seen with the diversity in representation in the book with the families, so this can reaffirm many identities if shared.
August 23, 2023
The picture book ‘In Every House, on Every Street’ is written by Jess Hitchman who is a children’s author, screenwriter, and digital product consultant. This picture book is illustrated by Lili la Baleine.
The story revolves around a narrator who takes the reader on a tour around their house, giving a description of all the ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ actions that occur in each room. The book ends with the narrator comparing the exteriors of the houses along their street but also ends the story by wondering “if our house is rather like yours”.
I enjoyed reading/listening to this book as it can make children begin to spark thoughts about diversity, such as what each household has in common but also what can be different.
The story revolves around a narrator who takes the reader on a tour around their house, giving a description of all the ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ actions that occur in each room. The book ends with the narrator comparing the exteriors of the houses along their street but also ends the story by wondering “if our house is rather like yours”.
I enjoyed reading/listening to this book as it can make children begin to spark thoughts about diversity, such as what each household has in common but also what can be different.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 12, 2024
I used to wonder how others kept such tidy homes, it seems to be a constant battle with three kids and two dogs in the house. I’ve slowly learned to give myself some grace and to realize that at this stage we are all more similar than we realize!
In Every House on Every Street is a sweet story that shows the reader how similar our homes all are. From baking together in the kitchen (creating quite a mess and taste testing) to sharing quiet moments together to rest and reflect. We all have more in common than you think and it’s fun to tell our children that yes other children may be listening to a bed time story just like you!
In Every House on Every Street is a sweet story that shows the reader how similar our homes all are. From baking together in the kitchen (creating quite a mess and taste testing) to sharing quiet moments together to rest and reflect. We all have more in common than you think and it’s fun to tell our children that yes other children may be listening to a bed time story just like you!
June 13, 2024
This book is a wholesome slice-of-life story of a mixed-family being just like every other family; they bake, act silly, and sing together. What drew me to this book in the first was were the illustrations, I love the art style and the color palette used. I enjoyed the simplicity in the story but I was absolutely blown away in the end where there was a fold-out page showing the inside of the apartment complex with all the different homes and families. This is a book that values and embraces diversity; and I hope to read this to a group of children one day and that they could see themselves in this story.
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October 14, 2020What a fantastic book! It really gets you thinking about the inside of a home. Certainly, grabs your attention and the illustrations are great! I personally love the question to get children thinking. This book expresses the importance of what a household should have but then the adult can go onto explaining that it is okay if your house does not look like this- accepting differences. This book also gets children thinking and comparing. The rhyming text was very enjoyable to read and made the book enjoyable to read, almost turned into a song!
July 1, 2022
With such a title, I was expecting a common thread rather than a privileged experience. There are kids without beds in their rooms or much food in their house so baking with family isn’t happening. Those kids may live on streets too, but were not present in this book. This is not what happens in every house on every street. The experience presented here is lovely it’s just not as encompassing as the title suggests.
February 15, 2023
I loved the message in this book. On each page it went through of a day in the life of a family in different rooms of a house. I just feel like children in a classroom would love this because it is a good way to have students talk about different homes and different families. I think it is important for children to know that different isnt a bad thing and not everyone is going to do things that you think are "normal".
November 30, 2020
Bardzo prosta i łatwa w odbiorze pozycja dla młodszych czytelników. Ciepła i skłaniająca do refleksji fabuła. Książka może stanowić punkt wyjścia do rozmów z dziećmi o życiu, bliskości, rodzinie czy cieszeniu się chwilą, która trwa. Piękne ilustracje stanowią idealne dopełnienie tekstu.
Na pewno kupię własny egzemplarz, bo myślę, że pomimo prostoty jest to książka, którą warto mieć na półce.
Na pewno kupię własny egzemplarz, bo myślę, że pomimo prostoty jest to książka, którą warto mieć na półce.
April 21, 2021
the kids are in their house and they want to tell how they bake and dance in their aprons, and they eat and party like pirates, and they chat and dress up like rock stars, and they rest and slouch on the couch in a big comfy nest. they play and learn to say sorry. the last pages are a big 4 page spread that opens and shows what's inside of all the houses. is your house like theirs?
July 22, 2021
This beautiful rhyming picture book took me on a journey. The words flowed, the illustrations were colorful and added to the magic of this book. The reader experiences each part of a house through
the eyes of a child and the richness of what he lives with the family in it.
It can help kids learn about the parts of the house and promote a healthy family life.
the eyes of a child and the richness of what he lives with the family in it.
It can help kids learn about the parts of the house and promote a healthy family life.
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May 26, 2022In Every House, On Every Street is a wonderful story about home, family and love. The illustrations are beautiful, as is the text. I intend to use this book for a Philosophy for Children session about our upcoming topic ‘Where is Home?’ And as an end of day story. I really liked the gatefold at the end of the book and can already imagine my year 2 classes’ reaction to it.
September 16, 2020
I really loved this story! It’s got such a perfect art style and the rhymes fit perfectly to tell the story. The story is really progressive with a huge diverse range of families and friends throughout, with same-sex couple families included. Amazing 5/5 would recommend.
September 21, 2021
With bright illustrations and rhyming text, a family lives life together in their home. They laugh, share feelings, and have fun in the rooms of their house. A gatefold on the final page shows the rooms of their neighbors' houses as well, as they do similar things as this family.
November 26, 2023
This book is a questionable book about family, but I wouldn't use this in a lesson, but I would use this in my classroom library for sure. Because if I'm in a younger classroom this is a good book for that.
June 18, 2020
Sweet; Colorful; Home (Appeal terms from NoveList) - Hilary
September 26, 2020
More like 3.5. Good solid story for a story time on families and homes. Not too long and good illustrations for sharing.
September 30, 2020
The cover depicts lots of different families however the main story revolves around a nuclear family with the diversity only appearing on a double-page spread
March 15, 2021
Love the story & the illustrations are gorgeous!
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