A Stronger Home

Key Selling points

• Because of family violence, a boy and his mother leave home to find other safe places to stay, comforting each other along the way, and eventually are able to return to their home and make it the strongest home yet.
• Takes on the difficult topic of family violence in an age-appropriate way, describing the abuser as a "storm...inside our house," and focusing on the relationship between mother and son and the strength they find together.
• Inspired by the author's experience as a survivor of gender-based violence.
• Delphie's artwork is the perfect match for the content, capturing the difficult emotions of the situation but also showing the warmth and strength of the mother-son relationship.
• Author Katrina Chen is an MLA (provincial government representative) for Burnaby-Lougheed and a professional coach who has advocated for childcare, public education, mental health and equity. Co-author Elaine Su is a teacher, librarian and friend of Katrina, with whom she partnered to bring this story to life.