Book Title: This is the Earth
Author: Deedee Cummings
Publisher: Make A Way Media
Publisher Date: October 1, 2020 (32 Pages, Paperback)
Genres: Children, Picture Books, Teachable
A recent Purple Dragonfly Award First Place winner, Cummings uses bold and bright illustrations in This is the Earth to share a message of peace, love, respect, compassion, inclusion. Published in early 2019, the book’s message bears repeating: peace is meant for all of us and it is everyone’s responsibility to care for each other like the united family that we really are. This exceptional and timely book shares the reality that we are all sharing this world that we call home instead of acting as though each continent, each, country, and each neighborhood is like a completely different planet. Within the pages of This is the Earth, readers will discover thought and conversation-invoking concepts on issues and struggles that has our world at odds with each other. Kids and adults will love the lyrical message and thoughtful artwork that reinforces the fact that every human being is our neighbor on Planet Earth; a place also known as Home.
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GoodreadsThis is the Earth, is a book with a loving message for all. Not only for children but adults as well. It got a message about peace and respect for everyone that lives on the planet as well as nature. I enjoyed the message and the meaning of this book.
I know it is geared towards children. But it a must-have on your child or children's bookshelves at home and in the classroom as well. Teaches valuable lessons that children and adults need to remember. Just some saying I enjoy quite a few saying in this book.
"We just have to live.
We have to be.
You do you.
And I do me."
The pictures are done well. They are bright and colorful. They tell the story. Children will gravitate toward the pictures. I enjoy that along with the rhyming. Not many books pull at my heart and have remembered quotes or sayings. This book doe this. This book is good not only for children but also for older children people as well as adults.
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Deirdre “Deedee” Cummings believes literacy is a fundamental human
right. She is the founder of Make A Way Media, It Pays to Read &
the Louisville Book Festival, as well as, an attorney, therapist, and
CEO of Abi Behavioral Health in Louisville, Kentucky. Abi is an
intensive therapy agency that works to prevent the placement of children
in out of home care, such as foster care, hospitalization, and
incarceration. Deedee attended Bennett College in Greensboro, North
Carolina, one of only two all-female Historically Black Colleges in the
country. After graduating from Bennett, she earned a master’s degree and
a law degree from the University of Louisville. All of her writing
focuses on sharing inspiring messages that remind us all it is never too
late to begin again. Deedee encourages the children she works with to
write as a way to process emotions, document their journey, and express
themselves more clearly. In addition to presenting on multiple topics
around the country, Deedee donates hundreds of books and volunteer hours
every year to families, children, churches and the local school system.
She is excited to announce the launch of her tenth children’s book,
This is the Earth. The inspiration for this book came from overwhelming
negative media coverage about race relations in our country and across
the world. This is the Earth is a book about peace, respect, and
diversity inclusion: a message that must be heard and repeated often.
She and her husband Anthony live in Louisville with their three children
Kayla (an actress in New York), Anthony (a college student and
athlete), and Nick (in elementary school).
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