Oh Give Me A Home

Jane Kurtz is an award-winning author of more than forty children’s books. She lived in Ethiopia from the age of two where family members worked for nearly thirty years. Currently, Jane is an adviser to Ethiopia Reads and is the creative director of the Open Hearts Big Dreams book program and lives in Portland, Oregon.

"This vibrant and lyrically written memoir in verse covers the award-winning author Kurtz’s life as a child growing up in Ethiopia with her missionary parents and four siblings… …Her heartwarming, relatable, and humorous memoir beautifully illustrates that no matter where you grow up, if you have a loving and supportive family, you can make a home anywhere." — Sharon Rawlins, Booklist, starred review”Free verse perfectly captures Janie’s thought processes—wistful, scattered, at once self-centered and keenly attuned to others’ emotions. This youthful perspective makes Kurtz’s recollections from years ago feel fresh and immediate. A buoyant, beautiful explication of cultural adjustment as seen through a child’s eyes." — Kirkus, starred review"Jane Kurtz’s touching memoir in verse Oh Give Me a Home is about belonging and sisterhood. [...] Her examinations of the world through small creatures are [...] examples of the purity of her perspective, as when she refers to a toy dinosaur as a “prehistoric pet.” Intelligible and swift, it's a steady, introspective text that showcases profound personal changes and family love. Oh Give Me a Home is a tender and accessible memoir centered in growing up in a changing world." — Foreword Reviews