Yearling A Place to Call Home
Yearling A Place to Call Home

A Place to Call Home

By Lauren Castillo

$9.99

Publication Date: July 14, 2026

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Ages 5 to 9, Grades K to 4

From a Caldecott Honor-winning artist comes a cozy, warm-hearted story about the meaning of home and the power of friendship to help you become your truest self.

"Our Friend Hedgehog feels like a modern-day Winnie the Pooh." --Victoria Jamieson, Newbery Honor-winning author of Roller Girl


Families come in all shapes and sizes.
Sometimes they are joined by birth, and other times they are chosen...

Autumn leaves are falling in Hedge Hollow, and the change in season brings with it a spiny surprise... another hedgehog! Hedgehog is  excited to meet one of her own kind. But it also makes her feel different—and distant—from her old friends. Where does Hedgehog belong, and who does she belong with? A journey upriver through an unfamiliar forest just might lead her home.

From the Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator of Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us comes a tale of old friends and new, and the true meaning of home.

Story Locale:Pacific Northwest, USA

Series Overview: Our Friend Hedgehog is a cozy and heartwarming series for middle grade and chapter book readers, with color illustrations throughout. All 3 books are now available in paperbook.

  • The Story of Us (Our Friend Hedgehog, book 1)
  • A Place to Call Home (Our Friend Hedgehog, book 2)
  • School for Woodland Creatures (Our Friend Hedgehog, book 3)

About the Author

LAUREN CASTILLO studied illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art and received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She is the author and illustrator of the 2015 Caldecott Honor-winning book Nana in the City, as well as The Troublemaker and Melvin and the Boy. She currently draws and dreams in Harrisburg, PA.

Author Residence: Harrisburg, PA

Format: Trade Paperback

Pages: 144

Publisher: Yearling

Publication Date: July 14, 2026

ISBN: 9798217024650

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