Home Is Where My Heart Is

Smriti Halls (Author) Smriti Halls is an internationally bestselling, award-winning children’s author, published in more than 40 languages worldwide. Her best-loved stories include Rain Before Rainbows, the I’m Sticking With You series, The Little Island and I Love You Night and Day (Publisher’s Weekly #1 bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller). Whether humorous or lyrical, her books are full of hope and heart and are loved by children and adults alike. Smriti is a former Writer in Residence for Booktrust and is a patron for the School Library Association. South Indian by birth, British by nationality and London-loving at heart, she lives and works near Richmond Park with her husband and their three sons.Alice Courtley (Illustrator) Alice Courtley is an award-winning illustrator who studied on the prestigious Cambridge MA in Children’s Book Illustration, where she developed a passion for character and print-made texture. Alice is based in Cambridge.

This warm, colourful picture book explores the idea of home… not fixed in a single place, but in the people we love and our shared sense of belonging