Uma Wimple Charts Her House

Hip, funny, unique--and a perfect curriculum tie-in--here''s a picture book with mega kid-appeal about the challenges a student faces when she is given an assignment to make a chart of her own home!Uma''s been making charts since she was a little kid. But when her teacher gives the class Uma''s dream assignment--to make a chart of their own homes--she is thrown for a loop. Oh, the possibilities! Oh, the pressure! What makes a house housey? she wonders. In order to figure it out, she asks each member of her family--Mom, Dad, and brothers Rex, Bram, and Lukey. But it''s not until she has a meltdown and Lukey comforts her that Uma figures out the secret to her chart--and her family. It''s the love that is shared inside a house''s walls.Told in first-person and featuring engaging graphic artwork, this fun and lively picture book--perfect for classroom use--is a reminder that someone''s true home is not a place, but rather the people with whom you surround yourself.