The Heart of Our Home with Janelle Washington

This author-illustrator debut from Caldecott honor-winning creator Janelle Washington is a timeless ode to one family’s kitchen table: stained, scratched, and full of love. The Heart of Our Home features intricate hand-cut paper illustrations that bring warmth and emotion to every page. Janelle will demonstrate the steps of paper cutting from beginning to end and the tools used as well as perform a reading from the book. Perfect for elementary school children and for the young of heart! Janelle Washington is a paper-cut artist, illustrator, and recipient of the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator for illustrating Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy.