Home is a Hug

What does it take to build a home? Bricks and concrete, windows and walls, glass and steel? Sometimes, home is something much more...Discover the true meaning of home in this heartfelt hug of a book, featuring peek-through pages and lift-the-flap surprises throughout.

With spare, gentle text and colourful illustrations, Cindy Wume explores the many different shapes a home can take - an apple, a box, a cosy reading nook, and finally a reassuring hug - capturing the essence of what home really means.

Clever cut-through and lift-the-flap elements invite readers to peek through at hidden surprises throughout. A playful ode to all the places we find comfort and joy, this is the perfect story for any child navigating change, reminding little ones that there is always a home waiting for us.

Author Bio

Cindy Wume is a freelance illustrator from Tainan, Taiwan, with a passion for creating art inspired by humanity, a sense of place, and imagination. After earning a bachelor’s degree in foreign languages and literatures, she pursued an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art in 2014. Cindy works primarily with gouache, marker, ink, dip-pen, and colored pencils. Her picture books include The Best Sound in the World (Frances Lincoln), The Bookshop Cat (Macmillan), and The Gardening Dog (Macmillan). Her artwork was featured in the 2016 Bologna Children’s Book Fair Exhibition.