Zora’s Garden pre-orders come with a very special gift to get your very own garden started.

In the Florida town of Eatonville, Zora experiences magic ...

With the loving wisdom of her mother Lucy, Zora learns the perfect recipe for creating stories and growing gardens. Join in the fun as Zora learns about the power of storytelling and the delight of gardening.

This heartfelt adventure honors the real Zora Neale Hurston with the perfect mix of fact and fiction crafted by Zora Scholar Rae Chesny.

Each copy of Zora’s Garden comes with flower or vegetable seeds from Farmstead Seed Supply. Download their instructions for broccoli seeds here and marigold seeds here. Find Farmstead Seed Supply on Etsy!

Zora’s Garden begins shipping August 2022

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Bulk Order Bonus for preorders of 40 or more copies of Zora’s Garden -

· Enjoy a custom 1-hour virtual Zora’s Garden experience for your organization with this bulk order exclusive with Rae Chesny. An exclusive 1 hour visit features a reading of Zora’s Garden, a mini Zora Neale Hurston Talk tailored to the organization and its attendees, and a Q&A to follow. In addition to a custom 1-hour virtual visit, bulk order bonuses include the following:

· Zora’s Garden Autographed Hardcover Books- Based on the true childhood experiences of Zora Neale Hurston, Zora’s Garden introduces young learners to an iconic historical figure, literary movement, and the sustainable practice of gardening. Every preordered book will be signed by the book’s author, Rae Chesny and includes engaging learning activities throughout the book.

· Zora’s Garden Teacher’s Guide-Use Zora’s Garden as a teaching tool and extend the learning opportunities with Common Core Curriculum Aligned activities for each major subject designed by a teacher of 7 years.

· Zora’s Garden Activity Guide-Bring the story of Zora’s Garden to life with some fun companion activities and printables to engage children after finishing the book.

· VIP Zoom Chat with Author Rae Chesny. Enjoy a chat with the author, while she shares some of her little-known facts about the real Zora Neale Hurston and life as an author herself.

· Packet of seeds to start garden of your own-Each preordered copy of Zora’s Garden will come with a packet of either vegetable or flower seeds for readers to start a garden of their own.

· Digital Junior Storyteller Coloring Book-Children try their hand at becoming illustrators themselves with more than 30 pages of coloring fun featuring multicultural characters.

· Junior Storyteller Course for children-After reading Zora’s Garden, children have the opportunity to learn Rae Chesny’s process for creating stories just like Zora’s Garden. With this self-paced course, taught by an award-winning social education expert, children of all ages will develop their own perfect recipe for storytelling. (A $247 value)

· Junior Storyteller Workbooks Levels 1-5-Every storyteller needs a recipe for creating the perfect story, just like Zora. Luckily, the Junior Storyteller Workbooks help children learn the process of story creation from the simplest level (level 1) up to advanced storytelling (level 5). As a bonus for preordering the book, you will receive all 5 Junior Storyteller Workbooks to add to your toolkit. Each workbook has been Common Core Aligned by a teacher of 7 years. Your preorder bonus includes a cheat sheet of the Common Core Standard for each activity in the Junior Storyteller workbooks to make implementing Junior Storyteller in your lesson plans a breeze.