My Baba's Garden
By Author / Illustrator
Jordan Scott, Sydney Smith
Genre
Family & Home
Age range(s)
3+
Publisher
Walker Books Ltd
ISBN
9781529515558
Format
Hardback
Published
02-03-2023
Synopsis
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.
They visit her every day and find 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. A ritualistic relationship with few words, rooted in feeling and emotion.