Secret Sky Garden

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Thanks so much for your lovely message and for everything that you do with Book Wagon. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. When a little boy spots the startling splash of colour (against the grey) on a flight, he decides to try to find it. And soon a very special friendship is blossoming, too...

Funni is a lonely girl who spends a lot of her spare time in an abandoned rooftop car park next to the airport. Feeling something is missing, she works hard to clean the place, plant and care for a garden, transforming the place into a beautiful and cozy playground for herself. The rooftop garden finds her the perfect friend. Zoo notices the garden from a plane and has to go there. He is also lonely and shares Funni’s passion for music and kite flying. A heartwarming story about friendship, with a lovely message about kids’ autonomy, creativity and enormous work capacity and a touching environmental note. She immediately wanted to plant seeds in the garden and asked her Papa if they could plant on top of the log cabin so it could be closer to the sky. She wanted her own sky garden with sunflowers, roses, marigolds, lavender, lilies and even wanted a herb garden within it with lots of mint, coriander, rosemary and parsley! She said that if she managed to make it, she would invite her friends for a tea party under it so they could guess the wonderful smells whenever the wind blew.He was excited recognising Funni’s little radio which looks a lot like our kitchen radio and the fairy lights in the garden, looking so much like the ones hanging around his bed frame. And he was so very happy when Zoo finally joined Funni in the secret sky garden. He did not like seeing Funni sad. He repeats “I must be dreaming” after Zoo with his little sweet face all lit up :). Larra really enjoyed reading The Secret Sky Garden. Before we began to read she tried guessing what the book would be about; and suggested flowers being planted on clouds, a plane that was actually a garden and even a rooftop garden! She wasn’t wrong with her last guess which thrilled her more so.

Can she/he describe the following steps? Discuss the sequencing pictures from the video (worksheet How to make a kite steps 1-10) Found at the artificial and famous island The Pearl-Qatar, The Secret Garden is a prime spot to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and enjoy elevated nights above it all.He likes to repeat “something was missing” and “definitely”, in some form; it’s a pretty long statement and he’s saying it very sweetly. The most surprising thing to me is little gosling now recognising letter “S” as “secret sky garden”. I can definitely see the link there :). I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! Read/watch the story again with your child. Ask literal, inference and deduction questions about the story. Use picture cues to deduce some answers.

Explore our activities On Sudden Hill with Benji Davies Read another story illustrated by Fiona Lumbers Lulu Loves Library Daywritten by Joseph Coelho Make a mini garden Focus on the two children in the book and discuss what they liked doing. Focus on their kites. Describe their kites. After weeks of careful nurture, the space goes from concrete to compost: she now has her garden in the sky!A startlingly original picture book about a little girl who creates a garden on a disused car park rooftop Secret Sky Garden (Simon & Schuster), byLinda Sarah and Fiona Lumbers, is about a little girl called Funni, who creates a garden on a disused car park rooftop. It’s another Bookwagon day in our house. The kids were so excited to get their latest books in the post. Please note that Sky Garden practices challenge 25 policy, encouraging anyone who is over 18 but looks under 25 to carry acceptable ID (a card bearing the PASS hologram, a photographic driving license or a passport). The venue reserves the right to deny access.