Everything Naomi Loved

Naomi spends her afternoons with her best friend, drawing with chalk on the pavement, eating pizza, and visiting her neighbor, Mr. Ray. Her neighborhood is changing rapidly, with trees being chopped down and new buildings springing up. Naomi turns to painting murals to preserve her favorite memories of 11th Street. Mr. Ray tells her that as long as she has places and people to love, she will always have a home.

Format: Hardback
Length: 48 pages
Publication date: 16 October 2020
Publisher: WW Norton & Co

11th Street: it wasn't pretty, but it was home. Naomi spends her afternoons scooting down the streets and drawing with chalk on the pavement with her best friend Ada, getting a slice of pizza and visiting her neighbor Mr. Ray at his car shop, and dreaming of fantastic worlds within her own.

But her beloved neighborhood is changing. Trees are chopped down, flashy new buildings spring up, and one by one, Naomi's neighbors are forced to move away. Faced with the rapid transformation of her once-familiar city, Naomi turns to painting murals to preserve her favorite 11th Street memories. When something we love goes away, we paint it on the wall so it's always with us, Mr. Ray tells her, and Naomi discovers that no matter how her world changes, as long as she has places and people to love, she will always have a home.

Weight: 508g
Dimension: 283 x 249 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781324004912