Encouraging resilience through stories
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2026
Category: Growing Readers
The Home That Love Built, a story about friendship and community, can inspire discussions about resilience and trying again when things go wrong.
The Home That Love Built: When a terrible storm destroys the homes of a small community of animals, one tiny creature gives them the determination to build a new home, stronger and better than before, which everyone can share.
In this short video, author and illustrator Jessica Meserve tells ReadingZone what inspired her powerful picture book, The Home That Love Built, a story about starting again, as well as what makes a home. Jessica also talks about nature and the story's woodland setting, and how animals use nature to build their own homes.
Find out more about The Home That Love Built, and further activities, in ReadingZone's Q&A with Jessica Meserve.
