The Girl Who Cried for the Earth: A Story of Hope, Healing & Possibilities, by Bodhi Simpson (2nd Tier Publishing, 2024, 68ppHB, ages 8-18, $19.99) Review by Skye Anderson
Can you tell a book by its cover? Sometimes yes, sometimes no, but it is the first clue you have and whether or not the book will draw you in is often foreseen by its cover. This cover is highly symbolic and fairly pessimistic as far as the illustration goes so, thankfully, the subtitle resurrects it, along with the calming blues and greens - and the flowers.
A young girl is in love with the world and all its beauty but as she grows up she notices the pollution, the waste, and many other facets of life that are negative.
As she falls asleep one night, the jaguar, the owl, the buffalo, the earth, and the dove, are beings that the girl encounters in her dreams and she wakes up refreshed with ideas of how to help the earth and its inhabitants heal and grow in peace and beauty. Several pages in the back are devoted to cognitive thinking and imaging exercises and projects to do to accomplish leaving our earth a better place than we found it. Inspirational, creative visualization will help the reader not only help others but help the earth as well. These words of wisdom will give you inner peace, as found through the poetic words and meaningful illustrations.
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