09/05/2026
We’ve been a little quiet this summer — but for a very good reason. 🌱
Book Two is almost ready!
Today, we can finally share the cover of The Secret of Grandma’s Garden, the second book in our Tales with Strong Roots series.
Written by Валентина Милиоглова and illustrated by Rebeckah Brinkerhoff Gerstner, this new story takes us into Grandma’s garden — and introduces us to Ostap.
He is a city boy. He doesn’t like vegetables. In fact, he is absolutely certain they are “food for rabbits.”
And then he comes to Grandma’s garden…
Over the past months, we’ve been developing the book, sharing the story with parents and members of our community, listening to their feedback, revising, and polishing all the little details.
And we’ve had the joy of watching Valentyna’s story become a beautiful visual world through Rebeckah’s illustrations.
We’re now in the final stages, and The Secret of Grandma’s Garden will be published this fall. 🍂
To everyone who supported our first book, backed our Kickstarter, came to our launch, read the story with your children, shared it with friends, or simply encouraged us to keep going — thank you. You helped us get to Book Two. 💚
Pre-orders open next week.
But today, we just wanted to finally show you the cover!
