"This diverse selection of 34 poems, paired with bright illustrations that capture daily life, celebrates the places where we live: our homes, our streets, our towns"-- Provided by publisher

Home.Home / X. J. Kennedy -- The breakfast boss / Janet Wong -- The window / Walter de la Mare -- Our rooftop / Amy Ludwig VanDerwater -- Sunday brunch / Reuben Jackson -- Ode to a sprinkler / Gary Soto -- Back yard / Valerie Worth -- Crickets / Myra Cohn Livingston -- The train / Charlotte Zolotow -- Our cats / Wes Magee -- Now the swing is still / Nicholas Virgilio -- Street. Spruce Street, Berkeley / Naomi Shihab Nye -- Sidewalk cracks / Patricia Hubbell -- Block party / Nikki Grimes -- Ode to my shoes / Francisco X. AlarÌncn -- Ice cream truck / Irene Latham -- In yellow boots / Paul B. Janeczko -- Over in the pink house / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- The tree on the corner / Lilian Moore -- October / Linda Sue Park -- The walk / Charles Waters -- Snowplow / Hope Vestergaard -- Town. If I could build a town / Betsy Franco -- People / Lois Lenski -- Mrs. Peck-Pigeon / Eleanor Farjeon -- At the car wash / Lin Oliver -- Launderama / Iain Crichton Smith -- Grocery store cat / Dave Crawley -- New kid at school / Betsy Franco -- Recess / Avis Harley -- Knoxville, Tennessee / Nikki Giovanni -- Winter in the park / Charles Ghigna -- Snowy benches / Aileen Fisher -- City / Langston Hughes