Story Info

Friedmann Children 2
Andrea Friedmann, with Tián and Amanda
Chicago, Illinois, USA
2014

Story & Experience

We went to the over-grazed forest and found piles of rubble. The kids decided to make the bird there. This was their favorite bird of all these years. They enjoyed noticing the way nature is reclaiming the pile of concrete, asphalt and pieces of tile, etc.

We went to the over-grazed forest and found piles of rubble. The kids decided to make the bird there. This was their favorite bird of all these years. They enjoyed noticing the way nature is reclaiming the pile of concrete, asphalt and pieces of tile, etc.

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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