The House of Joyful Living

Illust. by Terry Widener. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. Grades K-5.

YOU'RE INVITED TO A ROOF PARTY!

High on the roof of an apartment building is a garden where neighbors come to laugh, to dance, and to share--stories of helping others, breakfasts of challah and herring, and, once a summer, a Roof Party!   Surrounded by loving adults, a girl with "cabbage-curly hair," a girl very much modeled on the author, feels that she lives "on top of the world--in paradise."  But something is about to change.  Mama's belly is growing bigger and bigger!  Will the girl lose her rooftop paradise to a new baby sibling?

A semi-autobiographical book about sharing, this warm, spirited story-- with bold art in the style of public murals--is a joyous and heartfelt  celebration of life and community.

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