About this item
Federica's busy family can't keep their house clean! To get away from the buzzy, buggy mess, she escapes to the peaceful park where she can spend time with her animal friends ... which gives her an idea. She brings home sheep and goats, spiders and dragonflies, a toad, an owl, and some raccoons. Then she takes her family to the park for a picnic, and while they're gone, the animals chomp the overgrown grass in the backyard, eat the garbage and catch the pesky bugs overrunning the house. After a peaceful afternoon at the park, Federica's family comes home to a clean house - and raccoons doing the dishes! Scot Ritchie's warm art and original story bring a fresh perspective to the busy-family challenge of keeping the house clean, while featuring a clever and resourceful young girl who knows that, sometimes, letting nature back into our lives is the best answer.
About the Author
Scot Ritchie is an award winning illustrator/author who lives in Vancouver Canada. Many of Scot's 65 books have been translated into French, Korean, Indonesian, Polish, Finnish, Arabic and Dutch.Scot has been published by Canada's top publishers including Groundwood, Kids Can Press, Pajama Press, Owl Kids, Annick Press, Scholastic and Harbour Publishing. He has also worked with the National Film Board of Canada and exhibited in the National Gallery of Canada.In 2020 Scot's book Follow That Bee! was given the Children's Science Picture Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize as a FinalistIn 2019 Follow That Bee was also a Best Books for Kids & Teens, Starred Selection, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner.In 2010 'Follow that Map!', a book Scot wrote and illustrated, was nominated for the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non Fiction. His book "Let's Go!' (written by Lizann Flatt) was chosen as the 2009 give-away Book of the Year by the Canadian Children's Book Centre. This honour involves a special print run of half a million books - one given to every grade one student in Canada.In 2008 Scot was chosen as artist of the year by British Columbia Library Association for their Summer Reading Club.
