"There are picture books and there are Scott Smith picture books. Together they are a creative
dream team. An original heart-squeezing hug of a book." Irish Independent Best New Children's
Books "A moving testament to the resilience of the human spirit and enduring love." Books
for Keeps "Filled with empathy and feeling. A powerful moving story of intergenerational
love." The School Librarian 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. Also by Jordan Scott & Sydney
Smith: I Talk Like a River
