Welcome
Phyllis Root is the author of fifty books for children, including Big Momma Makes the World, which won a Boston Globe Horn Book Award, Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble which won a Minnesota Book Award, Plant a Pocket of Prairie which won a John Burroughs Riverby Award, as did One North Star two years later, along with a Northeast Minnesota Book Award.
Welcome.
Phyllis Root is the author of fifty books for children, including Big Momma Makes the World, which won a Boston Globe Horn Book Award, Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble which won a Minnesota Book Award, Plant a Pocket of Prairie which won a John Burroughs Riverby Award, as did One North Star two years later, along with a Northeast Minnesota Book Award.
Books
Celia Planted a Garden, The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden is Phyllis Root’s newest picture book, available now (Candlewick). Written with Gary D. Schmidt, illustrated by Melissa Sweet. “From an all-star team comes a lyrical picture-book biography about a writer and master gardener who created beauty in a harsh island habitat that was visited by literary and artistic luminaries of her time.”
A splendid introduction to a lesser-known nature poet and the landscapes that inspired her.
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Newest Announcements/Blog :
Toucan Tuesdays
Returning to my Hoosier roots in an interview with a toucan
Playlist
Check out the BEGIN WITH A BEE playlist on Spotify, curated by illustrator Claudia McGehee
Virtual Launch Events
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May 25, 2021
6:30 pm CST
(virtual)
Red Baloon Bookstore