I Am One: A Book of Action

Synopsis:

“One seed to start a garden, one note to start a melody, one brick to start breaking down walls: Every movement and moment of change starts with purpose, with intention, with one. With me. With you.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind I Am Yoga, I Am Peace, I Am Human, and I Am Love comes a powerful call to action, encouraging each reader to raise their voice, extend a hand, and take that one first step to start something beautiful and move toward a better world.

Includes a guided mediation and self-reflection activity.”

Review

I’ll start my review by saying I love when Susan and Peter work together! With beautiful books like I Am Yoga and I Am Human, I know I can count on them to create not only beautiful but moving books that are great read alouds and so inspiring.

That being said, I expected nothing less from I Am One which is such a timely topic for kids. Kids, like adults, want to make a difference in their world, but sometimes challenges can seem SO big. This book shows how taking just one step, saying just one word, listening to just one person can begin to make a change. What I love even more is that Susan also includes a mindfulness exercise that an adult and child can do together to help start their practice of taking action.

I love Peter’s use of a rainbow of colors to create gorgeous illustrations that pair so perfectly with Susan’s words. Plus, I know that Peter always creates such inclusive characters, it’s beautiful to see.

If you’ve got a kid who wants to do something BIG, but isn’t quite sure how to get started, check out I Am One: A Book of Action!

Need to Know:

Title: I Am One: A Book of Action
Author: Susan Verde
Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: September 15, 2020
Page Number: 32 pgs.

I actually have my own dot painted by Peter in my blogging space! Check out how I ended up with it on a special trip to Target!