Every day in the early morning before school, a boy gets dropped off at his grandmother’s house. There he finds Baba humming while she cooks in her kitchen steaming with boiling potatoes, and every nook and cranny of her house is filled with food from her garden. When it rains, Baba and her grandson search for worms, which they later plant to enrich the garden. Due to language barriers, they don’t say much, yet they understand each other. So it goes every day until Baba moves in with her grandson, and now it’s time for him to take care of Baba. A beautiful and moving portrait of a grandparent and grandchild and their love that goes beyond words. Don’t miss this one!
My Baba’s Garden was written by Jordan Scott, illustrated by Sydney Smith and published by Neal Porter Books.