My Baba lived in a chicken coop by the side of the road.
The chicken coop was behind the sulfur plant. The sulfur was piled up like an Egyptian pyramid, golden yellow, like a sun that never sleeps…
The boy describes his daily visits to his beloved Baba (grandmother): finding her amidst the steaming potatoes, helping her tend to her lush garden, searching for earthworms to keep the garden healthy, and sharing the food the garden provides.This book combines Jordan Scott’s childhood memories with Sydney Smith’s beautiful and moving illustrations, comparable to their previous collaboration, I Talk Like a River, which won the Schneider Family Book Award and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award.
