Maeve has no friends, except for her crows – the real ones, as well as the origami ones she folds to keep her company and sometimes lets fly away. Grieving the recent loss of her aunt and teased at school for being different, Maeve struggles with her feelings and with fitting in. 

When she meets new girl Fern on the way home from school, they strike up a friendship. Fern, who has just lost her father, is drawing flowers in a sketchbook, and soon both girls learn to navigate their grief through creativity and resilience – and Maeve’s unique lens of neurodivergence. Suddenly the path forward isn’t quite so lonely anymore. 

A Garden of Berries and Crows takes a compassionate look at how being different doesn’t mean being wrong, and grief is a process that children go through in their own, unique ways. Author Rosalie Nyce calls this her “love letter to kids with brains like mine,” and Marie-Ève Turgeon’s rich and colourful illustrations remind young readers that we can still see the loved ones we’ve lost in the beauty of the world around us.mRb