Farmhouse

The ruined farmhouse on a property Sophie Blackall moved to in upstate New York could not have fallen into better hands than the Caldecott-winning author of Hello Lighthouse. Layering actual materials—wallpaper, old dresses—she found in the ruins, research into the family that had lived there for generations, and her own imagination, she has created a portrait of a place, and a family, over time that feels like an immediate classic. (Age 1 and up)