When the Grass Sang - by K Bybee (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A tender and healing tale that reminds every child: You belong. You are loved. You are just right.

Nia doesn't feel like she belongs. Her family calls her too quiet, too different. In town, others laugh at her brown skin and whisper that she looks strange. Lonely and discouraged, she runs away--far away, into the tall grass. And when she settles there, the grass gathers her close and sings to her a song she has never before heard. A song of love, of hope, of the truths she has forgotten: She is not too quiet, not too different, not too brown. She is enough. She is just right.

With the accepting song of the grass in her heart, Nia finds the courage to return home to share its healing melody.

Lyrical and deeply moving, When the Grass Sang is a tender tale of belonging, courage, and love that reminds every child:
You belong.
You are loved.
You are just right.

About the Author

K Bybee is from the Flint Hills of Kansas, where the grass sings and connects the earth. She loves fields of grass, sunflowers, watching the sunset, and reading. She lives in Utah with her family on the side of a mountain with overflowing grass. When the Grass Sang is K's first children's book.

Sylvia Walker, a lifetime artist and southern California native, brings a natural affinity to the artistic painting of multicultural images, especially children. She expresses herself in a variety of media, including watercolor, pencil, ink, and acrylic on canvas and wood. After earning a BFA at California Institute of the Arts, she began a career in fashion illustration for department stores, fashion houses, Simplicity, and McCall's Patterns Co.

Sylvia has years of experience illustrating children's books for Scholastic, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Just Us Books, Essence Golden Books, Molly Trolley Publishing, and Dover Publications. Her freelance clients include National Adoption Center, Keystone Health Partners, Hallmark Cards, and the United States Post Office.

Sylvia and her husband live in Culver City, California.