''Back Home'' is a 1992 children's picture book by

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and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. Published in 1992 by Dial Press, it is about a young girl, Ernestine, who, with her family, visits the place she was born.

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'' Booklist'', in a review of ''Back Home'', wrote "This is more a reminiscence than a plotted story, warm with Southern summer and family affection, a vignette of times gone by and roots rediscovered." and '' School Library Journal'' found it "more a reminiscence than a plotted story, warm with Southern summer and family affection, a vignette of times gone by and roots rediscovered." '' Publishers Weekly'' wrote "Gloria Pinkney's text has a relaxed pace that is perfectly suited to the summer setting. Her characterizations are particularly well drawn, and her dialogue thoroughly convincing. In some of Jerry Pinkney's finest work, sunlight filters through his pencil and watercolor illustrations, imbuing them with a feathery soft glow." ''Back Home'' has also been reviewed by ''

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'', '' The Horn Book Magazine'', and the '' Smithsonian''.

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