Author(s): Danna Smith

Picture Books

A group of city friends work diligently together to grow herbs and vegetables in a rooftop garden. Set to a foot-tappin' original tune, this rhythmic, rhyming story will have kids singing enthusiastically about the six stages of plant growth. The story concludes with a summer harvest and feast that celebrates the gardeners' commitment. Includes singalong audio and video animation. AGES: 3 to 7 AUTHOR: Danna Smith is a poet and an award-winning author of numerous books for children. Her nonfiction picture book, The Hawk of the Castle: A Story of Medieval Falconry, received two starred reviews, is a Junior Library Guild Selection, and the recipient of Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the year. Danna is currently living and writing in northern California. When Pati Aguilera was a child, she liked to do all kinds of crafts, draw, and spend a lot of time sorting and looking at her colored pencils. She is Chilean, and has lived a large part of her life in the city of Santiago, where she studied design and became a book illustrator. Today she lives in the countryside with her partner and two daughters, and is building her biggest craft project of her life: her own house! Pati creates her artwork digitally so she can change the composition and palette until she achieves the desired balance and harmony. SELLING POINTS: . Joins Barefoot's award-winning collection of singalongs books, each of which includes access to audio and animation of the book. . Demonstrates that hard work and commitment to a long-term project can end in satisfying results. . Introduces children to the plant life cycle and the steps necessary to nurture plants as they go through the six stages of plant growth. . Depicts community members working together in an urban rooftop garden. . Educational notes contain information about plant care, the six stages of plant development and more.