I Wanna Go Home

'I Wanna Go Home' is a new children's book illustrated by David Catrow.

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons the book is the 3rd in the "I Wanna..." series following on from 'I Wanna Iguana' and 'I Wanna New Room'. Written by Karen Kaufman Orloff the book follows Alex and his siblings who are staying with their grandparents whilst their parents are away...

"Alex is still exchanging plaintive missives with his parents in his third picture book, though he has upgraded to email, out of necessity—Alex and his siblings are staying in Florida with their grandparents while their parents are in Bora Bora. Alex is miserable: it’s raining, it’s boring, and he’s unnerved by seeing Grandpa’s false teeth on his bedside table (a scene that David Catrow, no surprise, delights in making as icky as possible). But a square dancing class, Grandma and Grandpa’s laissez-faire attitude toward mealtime (at a diner, Alex turns nine corn dogs into an impressive statue of a poodle), and a (very) old-fashioned game of stickball soon have the boy singing another tune...."

Aimed at the 5-8 age group, David's artwork  brings an enormous sense of fun to the story, he says "...it is a cute and very funny book if I do say so myself."