My language is a garden

Key Selling Points

• In this poetic picture book, a parent tells a child about their language, its ancient origins and all it represents, in hopes the child will learn it too.
• This book celebrates learning a new language and brings language alive. The story will hopefully encourage families to have conversations around sharing language and the joy a second (or third) language can bring.
• Features an author’s note from E.G. Alaraj about what inspired this book—her children's reluctance to learn Arabic—giving us some personal insight into the tale.
• The illustrator, Rachel Wada, has captured the urgency and dynamism of the text with her moving illustrations. So much of the language is figurative and imaginative, and Rachel's skill with abstract compositions perfectly captures these transcendent concepts.
• E.G. Alaraj is the author of the board book When Stars Arise, which earned a starred review from Kirkus Reviews, and was shortlisted for the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize.