Going Home illustrated by David Diaz

Going Home is written again by Even Bunting and illustrated by David Diaz. The story is about a Mexican family who lives and works in the United States to give their children and family better opportunities. They return to Mexico for the Christmas holiday and the children realize how happy their parents are in their village in Mexico. They began understand the huge sacrifices their parents have made to move and live in the United States. They appreciate the opportunity while embracing their Mexican heritage.

This book has similar illustrations as Smoky Night. David Diaz uses actual photographs again for the pages' backgrounds and similar acrylic paintings to illustrate the story. In this book, the pictures are much brighter and happier to emphasize the story line. I enjoy the illustrations again but wished a different font would have been used to tell the story. Personally, I find it hard to connect the story and pictures with the font.