Back Home is a 1992 children's picture book by Gloria Jean Pinkney, illustrated by her husband Jerry Pinkney. Published in 1992 by Dial Press, it centers around the autobiographical story of a young girl, Ernestine, who visits her extended family in North Carolina where she was born. The prequel, The Sunday Outing, published in 1994, takes place in the city and describes her family chipping in for the train ride which enables her to realize the dream of traveling to her birthplace. Source: Wikipedia (en)