Arts & Entertainment
"First Peas to the Table" and "In the Garden with Dr. Carver"
Susan Grigsby is a freelance writer and teacher who lives in St. Louis. Her first picture book, In the Garden with Dr. Carver, was named one of The Best Children's Books of the Year, 2011 by The Bank Street Children's Book Committee; a 2011 Notable Social Studies Trade Book; and received the Growing Good Kids Excellence in Children’s Literature 2011 Award. Her second book, First Peas to the Table How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden was just released this Spring.
Her poetry has been published in national literary journals. She is a teaching artist for programs including the St. Louis Poetry Center, Interchange, COCA, and The Center for the Art of Translation’s Poetry Inside Out program.