![]() ![]() ![]() Julia’s need for a plan is kindly upended, and readers watch her discover that sometimes, if she lets go, things (and creatures) will take care of themselves. Yet despite the suspense, Hatke’s loose line and gentle, candy-box palette suggest that everything will end well. In Hatke’s fantasy universe, something delightfully improbable happens on almost every page here, though Julia unearths a horn of Triton and summons assistance, the chaos merely deepens. “Don’t worry,” Julia reassures the creatures, “I have a plan for this.” She rummages through her boxes, scarf and apron signaling her readiness. ![]() But, as Julia and the house travel to the perfect spot, the house trips. Julia’s flying house has come down to earthand sprouted legs Now it roams the landscape looking for the perfect spot to settle down. Things should go smoothly (“I have a plan for this,” Julia says), but the house moves first, trundling down to the sea atop the turtle on which it is perched, and soon it’s adrift and battered. We’re joined by the Graphic Progeny herself to review Julia’s House Goes Home, the latest in the picture book series by Ben Hatke. In this sequel to Julia’s House for Lost Creatures, the trolls, ghosts, and other creatures who live in Julia’s ramshackle Victorian have been out of sorts, precipitating a move to the mountains. ![]()
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