The BarnBy: Leah H. Rogers Illustrator: Barry Root A sweet, spare debut offers a barns eye view of life on a farm, illustrated with grace and gentleness by picture book veteran Barry Root. I am a barn. All are safe within my walls. One hundred years ago, many hands raised a red cedar barn. Now the barn stands tall, smelling of freshly cut hay and dusty horses. As the animals wake and wander through its weathered doors, the barn watches the day unfold.