Item: This Is The Earth
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This is the Earth by Deedee Cummings | Book Review | Blog Tour

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This Is The Earth by Deedee Cummings
Published by Make A Way Media on June 10, 2020
Genres: Children's, Enviromental, Family Life, Fiction, Friendship, Middle-Grade, Multi-Cultural
Format: eBook, Paperback
Pages: 41

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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My thoughts on This is the Earth by Deedee Cummings

I recommend This is the Earth to every citizen on this planet. Although the book is advertised as written for children and middle-grade ages, I can’t think of a single person who would not benefit from reading this story.

The messages of love, peace, inclusion, and responsibility shine through every word and illustration. Speaking of which, Charlene Mosley created vibrant, bold, and colorful illustrations for the book.

I sincerely believe that if we start young, we can raise a new generation of caring individuals. The book reminds me of the mantras from the 1960s for peace, love, and brotherhood. We got lost or sidetracked over the years. It’s time to go back to loving your neighbor, and every person on the planet is now a neighbor. We have proved time and again just how small our planet truly is.

The thoughtful discussion questions included at the end of the story are perfect for book clubs, teachers, or individuals, who want to contemplate more on what they read. The author included a few famous quotes for you to ponder. If you read carefully, you will get chills considering how appropriate they are for today’s world.

Please read a copy of This is the Earth, and let me know your thoughts.

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This is the Earth by Deedee Cummings | Book Review | Blog Tour | Giveaway

About Deedee Cummings

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Deedee Cummings is a professional dreamer, author of eighteen books, therapist, attorney, and mom from Louisville, Kentucky.

Cummings founded Make A Way Media in 2014 after struggling to find books with characters who looked like her own children and an extreme lack of stories that reflected their life experiences. Books published by Make A Way focus on hope, diversity, social justice, and therapeutic skills for children and adults. Her work has been featured in HuffPost, Forbes, NPR, USA Today, Essence Magazine, Psych Central, Well+Good, and The EveryGirl, among other media outlets.

In 2021, Governor Andy Beshear appointed her to the Kentucky Early Childhood Advisory Council, acknowledging her decades-long service to the children and families of Kentucky.

Deedee is also the founder of The Louisville Book Festival, which celebrates its fifth year in 2024 and hosts over 150 authors and presenters from all over the country. She was inspired to work to highlight and celebrate a culture of reading in her community after working as an in-home therapist and visiting the homes of children who had no books.

Cummings believes literacy is a fundamental human right. Her work highlights inspiring messages that remind us all that it is never too late to begin again. She is currently working to adapt her latest children’s series, inspired by the life of her daughter, Kayla Pecchioni (a Broadway actress), to a Broadway musical. Deedee recently founded the Make A Way Mindset program to teach the unshakable mindset she has developed as an entrepreneur of thirty years.

Her latest book, How to Dream, is her first book written for adults and was released in October 2024.