My Baba's Garden -- Jordan Scott, Hardcover

The special relationship between a child and his grandmother is depicted in this sumptuous book by an award-winning team.

Inspired by memories of his childhood, Jordan Scott's My Baba's Garden explores the sights, sounds, and smells experienced by a child spending time with their beloved grandmother (Baba), with special attention to the time they spent helping her tend her garden, searching for worms to keep it healthy. He visits her every day and finds her hidden in the steam of boiling potatoes, a hand holding a beet, a leg opening a cupboard, an elbow closing the fridge, humming like a night full of bugs when she cooks.

Poet Jordan Scott and illustrator Sydney Smith's previous collaboration, I Talk Like a River, which received a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award expored a cherished memory shared between a father and son. In their new book, they turn that same wistful appreciation to the bond between a boy and his grandmother. Sydney Smith's illustrations capture the sensational impressions of a child's memory with iconic effect.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Author: Jordan Scott
Publisher: Neal Porter Books
Published: 03/07/2023
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.78h x 9.77w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9780823450831
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/30/2023
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2023
School Library Journal 03/01/2023 pg. 77
Booklist 03/15/2023 pg. 60