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This is the Planet Where I Live<\/span>\nIllustrated by Debra Frasier
\nBeach Lane Books\/Simon & Schuster, March 2023
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This picture book celebrates and honors the interconnectedness of everything here on planet Earth.<\/p>\n
The planet where we live is full of people, animals, insects, birds, trees, clouds, rain, oceans\u2014and everything is interconnected. With a cumulative text and rich, highly-detailed collages, this book is a joyous ode to our wondrous planet.<\/p>\n
The illustrator, Debra Frasier, has a mailing list called Scissors, Paper, Glue, and there are coloring pages and teachers resources available for those who sign up. You can do that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Reviews<\/span> Using a cumulative nursery rhyme format similar to \u201cThe House That Jack Built,\u201d the text begins with \u201cThis is the planet where I live\u201d and slowly builds to give a simple but detailed account of ecosystems and the food web. While the rhyming text is appropriate for younger readers, skillful storytellers may want to use this book with older children as well to help start discussions of conservation, science, and even climate change. The verses themselves are magnificent, culminating in a story that\u2019s equally pleasing to say aloud as it is to consider: \u201cThese are the creatures \/ who live and die \/ deep in the oceans \/ on which we rely \/ to produce the clouds \/ that coast and cry \/ to water the trees \/ that stretch up high \/ giving nests to the birds \/ who soar in the sky \/ who feed on the insects \/ who fly nearby. \/\/ Animals, fields, \/ shelter for friends, \/ every creature alive \/ on each other depends\u2014 \/ all on the planet \/ where we live.\u201d Though the text is a delight, the collage illustrations are the real stars of the show, a mix of Matisse-inspired art and photography. <\/p>\n A stunning tribute that will make future conservationists out of all who read it"—Kirkus<\/em>, starred review<\/strong><\/p>\n Author K.L. Going writes in rhythmic, occasionally rhyming cumulative verse that focuses on connections. \u201cHere are the people \/ who share the planet \/ where I live,\u201d she begins. On the next spread, she continues, \u201cThese are the homes \/ that shelter the people \/ who share the planet \/ where I live.\u201d Page by page, Going explores the links between humans, animals, insects, birds, trees, clouds and oceans, her plainspoken verses becoming more complex with each new addition. Finally, she concludes quite simply, \u201cAnimals, fields, \/ shelter for friends, \/ every creature alive \/ on each other depends\u2014 \/ all on the planet \/ where we live.\u201d<\/p>\n Debra Frasier\u2019s dazzling photo-collage art transforms Going\u2019s text into a visual feast for the imagination. Her illustrations will remind many readers of her work in On the Day You Were Born, her beloved 1991 picture book that also makes wonderful use of planetary imagery and themes of interconnectedness. Here, repeated images of Earth and a sunflower-bright sun provide a grounding motif that echoes Going\u2019s cumulative lines, helping young readers realize how all the things mentioned in Going\u2019s text\u2014included readers themselves\u2014rely on one another. <\/p>\n Along the way, Frasier portrays fascinating variety within each category, such as fields of food that include tomatoes, broccoli, strawberries and onions, or birds such as goldfinches, geese, eagles and seagulls. Bright colors leap off the page, adding energy to every spread. Frequent use of swirls and spirals, which can be seen in clouds, landscapes and, notably, a large curlicue of birds looping in the air, reinforces the central notions of interdependence and the circle of life. <\/p>\n This Is the Planet Where I Live<\/em> gloriously captures the teeming natural treasures of our beautiful, delicate world."—Bookpage<\/em> This is the Planet Where I Live Illustrated by Debra Frasier Beach Lane Books\/Simon & Schuster, March 2023 Buy the Kindle edition This picture book celebrates and honors the interconnectedness of everything here on planet Earth. The planet where we … Continue reading
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\n"This Is the Planet Where I Live<\/em> is the perfect way to jump-start a young environmentalist\u2019s education. Its eye-catching illustrations will capture the reader\u2019s attention, and its lively text will hold it. This is the sort of book that grows alongside children, gaining broader, deeper meanings as their comprehension develops. <\/p>\n
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