HARLEM GROWN 🍅🌶🥬by Tony Hillery is an idea of togetherness. Of making something better. Of turning a nothing into a something — a garden that yields life and growth.
It is the hope of renewal just when we all might need it the most: the promise of a neighborhood project built on a scrappy old lot. It started with just one man (Tony) who had an idea. The kids joined in, to help. And together, they fixed a problem by making a farm.
Author Tony Hillery is the Founder and Director of Harlem Grown, a neighborhood farm created by kids at PS 175 in Harlem. Tony and the kids worked together on their first lot-to-farm, harvesting fruit and veggies for neighborhood families. Today, Tony’s farm lots have expanded to 12 locations in Harlem!
Beautifully illustrated by Jessie Hartland, HARLEM GROWN has a simple (dare I say homegrown) feel to it. It’s a upbeat, feel-good story culminating in the most practical and loving rewards: fresh, local food on the table. 🍅🌶🥬
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood by Tony Hillery and illustrated by Jessie Hartland, published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books (August, 2020).
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