Book Comes Home: A Banned Book's Journey

by Rob Sanders, Micah Player (Illustrator)

Overview

Celebrate the right to read with this kid-friendly picture book that explores book banning from the book’s point of view. From the award-winning author of Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag.

Book loved being a book.
And she loved the children who came to visit her.
She was checked out.
Read and reread.
Shared and discussed.
And each time, Book was brought back to the library.
It was her home . . .

 . . . until the day it wasn’t.

Acclaimed author Rob Sanders delivers an insightful and compassionate story about book banning, told from a book’s point of view.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593813706
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	03/25/2025
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	14 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Rob Sanders is an accomplished children’s author, a pioneer in LGBTQIA+ literary nonfiction, and no stranger to book banning. His acclaimed picture book Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag is frequently challenged and banned. But Rob continues to fight for inclusive reads. He is the author of many groundbreaking books for young readers, including Queer and Fearless: Poems Celebrating the Lives of LGBTQ+ Heroes and Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution. Rob is a retired elementary school teacher and lives in Florida. Visit him at robsanderswrites.com.

Micah Player is the author-illustrator of Chloe, Instead and the illustrator of several books and games for children, including the picture book Paletero Man by Lucky Diaz. When he was a kid, his best book friend was an obscure fantasy novel about an aspiring cartoonist with a messy room who was afraid he might never finish anything and was constantly daydreaming about a girl.
    Micah lives in a little house beneath a giant tree in the Utah mountains with a lovely schoolteacher named Stephanie. They are the parents of two rad kids, one Yorkshire terrier, and several Casio keyboards. You can find him online at micahplayer.com.

Editorial Reviews

"A simple, child-friendly exploration of book banning." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2024-12-14
A library book loves being checked out by readers, until one day she finds herself unceremoniously banished.

Book enjoys an idyllic life, bringing joy to countless children. Then, a sinister unnamed someone, concealed by dark shadows, sends her to the Banned Book Closet to languish without readers—a thought that sends “shivers up Book’s spine.” But a group of dedicated readers organize (and presumably protest), and Book is brought back out to the light of the library. Written by “A. Person,” Book has a lavender-gray cover and a perky nose and proudly displays a book award seal. The illustrations use light and shadow to great effect: The opening pages are full of vibrant colors, while the Banned Book Closet is drawn in a wash of dark-blue grays. With an appropriately light hand, Sanders shows the power of organizing and the value of the freedom to read, though readers may emerge with questions about why books are censored; adults should be prepared to offer context. The author’s note provides a brief history of book censorship. In addition, Sanders includes a glossary of related words (though not all appear in the book) and a list of resources. Human characters are diverse in terms of age, skin tone, and size.

A simple, child-friendly exploration of book banning.(Picture book. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews