Grandma's Roof Garden

Picture book. A Chinese grandmother spends her retirement in a rooftop garden, where she has not only plants but also chickens and ducks. She collects unwanted produce from others to feed the birds and the compost, in turn sharing her produce and cooking skills with her neighbors. I love the text an......more

A charming picture book about a Grandma who lives in China and has a roof top garden. The book humorously shows how she tends to the garden and gets fertilizes for it. Some of the ways she takes care of the garden makes her seem strange to others but the crops that she shares with family and friends......more

On the rooftop of Chengdu apartment building, granny builds her own vegetable garden. From harvesting to composting, I love the care for plants and when granny cooks homemade meals for everyone. The pages are filled with delicious home-cooked feasts and one can't deny the amount of love exuding from......more

This rollicking story follows a quirky little Chinese grandma as she rushes through the produce market and back to her own rooftop garden, where she busily cares for her chickens and vegetables. She imagines them crying to her for care like needy little babies, and she clearly takes much joy and pri......more

I loved this funky tale celebrating one Chinese granny and her bountiful roof garden. The fantastical illustrations entranced me, the original Chinese text was skillfully translated by Kelly Zhang into a zesty, rhyming English version, and the story is just great, telling of how Granny uses vegetabl......more