Home Is a Heartbeat

By Laekan Zea Kemp

From Pura Belpr Honor-winning author Laekan Zea Kemp comes a beautiful ode to family and multigenerational homes.

Everyone has their special place in the house. Abuela cooks in the kitchen. Mami reads by the window. T a Imelda watches telenovelas in the living room. Abuelo tinkers around in his workshop. Even family members who have come and gone have had their special place. But what makes a house a home?

With lyrical prose and warm illustrations, this love letter to multigenerational and multifamily households will have readers listening for a heartbeat in their own homes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759556857
• ISBN13: 9780759556850
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3