A Piece of Home

Sonia Levitin’s children’s book, A Piece of Home, is a brief but deeply moving story of Gregor, a young boy whose family is preparing to move to America from their Russian homeland. Before the move, the family members each select a particular object to bring to their new home, and Gregor’s choice of a Grandmother’s blanket provides inner conflict throughout the narrative. Gregor faces the fears and insecurities that anyone would face in such a drastic change of living. In this beautifully illustrated storybook, Levitin provides children (and adults) with primary ways of thinking about issues of cultural conflict, displacement, and family separation.