Secret Sky Garden

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Encourage your child to make his own imaginative flower from playdough and then write instructions as to how he made the flower. Before you start reading together talk about the cover and end papers and any clues to what the story will be about. Read the story aloud pausing to talk about what is happening in the story or illustrations if your child wants to. Join in

After weeks of careful nurture, the space goes from concrete to compost: she now has her garden in the sky!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. Spend some time out of doors or indoors and listen to the sounds around you. What did you hear? Can you find a way of making the sounds with instruments or household objects? You could try to create ‘a whole city of sounds’ and make a recording of them. Make a secret garden 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 :).

I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! 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... Fill an old baking tray with soil and plant some seeds. Look after it and watch it grow. If you have a garden you could use a section of it for this. Paint a picture From here you’ll be able to gaze out at The Shard, The Gherkin, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge and, of course, the River Thames. In fact you can pretty much see everything, as these Sky Garden photos show. It’s another Bookwagon day in our house. The kids were so excited to get their latest books in the post.

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. 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 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.

Larra had a lot of empathy for Funni the little girl in the story and said that everyone should have friends and not feel lonely.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. Look at the front cover of the book. Ask your child what he/she can see on the front cover. What is the title of the story? Who are the authors/illustrators? What parts of the front cover are grey? What parts are in colour? Why do you think the author has chosen to have some parts grey and some parts in colour? Enter the beautiful, inspiring world of Secret Sky Garden: where no one can stop one child turning an unloved bit of the city into a little piece of green paradise.