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About The Book
A community of animals and humans work together to rebuild their farm after a storm causes damage in this companion picture book to Together We Grow by award-winning author Susan Vaught and acclaimed illustrator Kelly Murphy.
Flee and gather,
holding tight
helping friends
survive the night.
After a flood sweeps through, a family and their animals emerge from their shelters to find their farm and woods in disarray. As they start to tidy up and make repairs, tensions run high. Can the animals and humans work together to rebuild their homes?
Flee and gather,
holding tight
helping friends
survive the night.
After a flood sweeps through, a family and their animals emerge from their shelters to find their farm and woods in disarray. As they start to tidy up and make repairs, tensions run high. Can the animals and humans work together to rebuild their homes?
About The Author
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Susan Vaught is the two-time Edgar Award–winning author of Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy and Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse. Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry received three starred reviews, and Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood’s Revenge was called “an excellent addition to middle grade shelves” by School Library Journal. Her debut picture book, Together We Grow, received four starred reviews and was called a “picture book worth owning and cherishing” by Kirkus Reviews. She works as a neuropsychologist at a state psychiatric facility and lives on a farm with her wife and son in rural western Kentucky. Learn more at SusanVaught.com.
About The Illustrator
Photograph courtesy of the illustrator
Kelly Murphy is a New York Times bestselling author-illustrator and recipient of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award. She teaches illustration at her alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design. Kelly currently lives in her native New England, surrounded by the flora and fauna featured in Together We Grow. She is also the illustrator of Together We Build. Find out more at KelMurphy.com.
Why We Love It
“I love that this story models how different members of a community can come together to accomplish something great. And families who have lost homes or belongings in the aftermath of natural disasters will also find hope and encouragement in seeing how the humans and animals work together to rebuild their home after a bad flood.”
—Catherine L., Senior Editor, on Together We Build
Product Details
- Publisher: Beach Lane Books (January 20, 2026)
- Length: 40 pages
- ISBN13: 9781665902847
- Ages: 4 - 8
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Raves and Reviews
"Vaught and Murphy have gratifyingly reunited to repeat the success of 2020’s Together We Grow. Murphy’s meticulous illustrations again enhance Vaught’s simple, resonating rhymes. A convincing look at the rewards of cooperating and collaborating."
– Kirkus Reviews
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