Book information
Grandma's Vegetable Garden
Text: [plus] Jordan Scott.
Pictured: Sidney Smith.
Pricing: 5380 yuan.
isbn：9787559672858
Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company.
Introduction
My grandmother lived in a converted chicken coop. Every morning, my dad drove me to my grandmother's house, and she made me breakfast with vegetables from the garden. She didn't speak much English and we used gestures, physical contact and laughter to communicate. My grandmother cherished food, she would always pick up the oatmeal I had scattered, kiss it, put it back in my bowl, watch me finish it, and then take me to school. On rainy days, we would look for earthworms on the road and put them together in her vegetable garden after school to ......A warm confession to my grandmother, a story that radiates the light of life.
Editor's Choice
Grandma's Vegetable Garden is a story written by Jordan Scott based on his childhood memories, writing about the warm intergenerational affection between him and his grandmother. The author accurately distilled the fragments of daily life in his memory, and told about the time and experience of spending time with his grandmother in his childhood. The work has both literary and aesthetic value: the text is restrained and powerful, showing the tenacious bond of kinship between the grandmother and the boy; The watercolor and gouache paintings are not figurative, but they are so real that you can feel the gentle touch of your grandmother. Painted by Sidney Smith with delicate and moist brushstrokes, he accurately captures images that appear in his childhood memories. It is a quiet, gentle, delicate and touching work that is evocative.
After the highly acclaimed work "I Speak Like a River" at home and abroad, the two authors collaborated again to polish a new work "Grandma's Vegetable Garden". The plot depicted in the book: my grandmother prepares breakfast, eats breakfast with my grandmother, and walks with my grandmother to ...... schoolThis can be seen in many families. Whether it's a child, a parent or a grandparent, reading "Grandma's Vegetable Garden" can resonate with it, and it is very suitable for families to read together, and enhance the family bond between three or even four generations. At the same time, the content of the work reflects a certain issue of intergenerational care, which is thought-provoking.
In the book, after the rain, the grandmother takes the boy to rescue the earthworms that have been washed to the side of the road, and collects them and puts them in the soil of the vegetable garden. Earthworms provide nutrients for the soil, which grows vegetables, which in turn provide us with the material ...... necessary for lifeThis act reflects the idea of harmonious coexistence and is the dark thread of the work - the theme of life.
About the Author
Jordan Scottis a Canadian poet who was awarded the Ratner Writers' Trust Poetry Award in 2018 for his contributions to Canadian poetry. His work "Blatter" ** stuttering poetics. His first book for children, "I Speak Like a River", won the best book of the year by Wall Street**, the best picture book by Publishers Weekly, and the 17th Wenjin Book Award. He currently lives in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, Canada, with his wife and two sons.
Sidney SmithHe is a Canadian children's calligrapher and painter, who began to draw at a very young age, and has collaborated with many well-known children's book writers on many award-winning children's books, including "Roadside Flowers", "White Cat and Monk", "Waiting for Dad to Come Home", "Shadow Black" and so on. Five of his books have been selected as New York Times Children's Book of the Year (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020), including the 2018 Kate Greenaway Award for Waiting for Daddy to Come Home, and again in 2021 for his independent work Big City, Little You. He currently lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with his wife and two sons.
About the translator
Ke Qianhua, was born in Taipei. He holds a master's degree in philosophy from Fu Jen University and a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy from Southern Illinois University, specializing in children's philosophy and feminist philosophy. In his early years, he was engaged in the education of children's philosophical thinking. Later, he taught courses such as children's literature and picture book appreciation at Taiwan Normal University and Taipei University of Education. He is currently engaged in children's book translation, review, publishing consulting, research, teaching promotion, and serves as a judge for various children's literature awards, such as Xinyi Children's Literature Award, Chinese ** Mudi Award, Golden Ding Award, Taipei Municipal Library Good Books Everyone Read, Feng Zikai Children's Picture Book Award, etc. He has participated in many picture book creation workshops, including the Taiwan Pavilion of the 2006 Bologna Book Fair in Italy, the first Feng Zikai Children's Picture Book Award Touring Exhibition in 2010, and the Children's Book Forum of the Taipei Book Fair in 2012. He is currently an advisor to the Taiwan Children's Reading Society and the Organizing Committee of the Feng Zikai Chinese Children's Picture Book Award, and an adjunct professor at the Institute of Children's Culture of Zhejiang Normal University.