Gnome Comes Home Hardcover Book

2025 Ella’s Way Children’s Book Awards Gold Winner

What does it feel like to finally get the thing you have always hoped for—and still feel a little scared?

In Gnome Comes Home, the second book in the Gnome Adventure Series, Gnome’s longtime dream of finding a real home is finally coming true. But as the journey begins, excitement quickly mixes with uncertainty.

What will the new home be like? What will the new family be like? Will Gnome belong? Will there be love?

As Gnome travels toward an unfamiliar future, young readers are gently introduced to the emotions that can come with change, transition, and new beginnings. The story offers a reassuring reminder that it is possible to feel hopeful and anxious at the same time—and that courage often means moving forward even when we do not know exactly what comes next.

Warm, thoughtful, and beautifully illustrated, Gnome Comes Home celebrates belonging, family, courage, and the comfort of being welcomed just as you are.

Recognized as a Gold Winner in the 2025 Ella’s Way Children’s Book Awards, this meaningful story supports conversations about social-emotional learning, change, family, and finding a place to belong.

Perfect for families, grandparents, classrooms, libraries, and children experiencing a new home, a new family, or any important life transition. Features inclusive illustrations that reflect diverse families and the many ways love and belonging can look.

Themes include:

• Belonging and acceptance
• Adjusting to change
• Managing worry and uncertainty
• Courage in new situations
• Family connection
• Hope and reassurance
• New beginnings

Special features:

• 2025 Ella’s Way Children’s Book Awards Gold Winner
• Norwegian word translations
• Beautiful full-color illustrations
• High-quality hardcover edition

Book Details
Authors: Teresa Bjelland & Lavonne Bjelland
Illustrator: Remesh Ram
Publisher: Nordic Heart Press
Format: Hardcover