Prayer for World Peace

by Jane Goodall, Feeroozeh Golmohammadi (Illustrator)

Overview

"A candid and direct picture of war, poverty, and inequity, but equally emphatic about the power of hope and faith."—Publishers Weekly

A universal message of hope and serenity among all of Earth's inhabitants.

Jane Goodall is a world-renowned naturalist who brings her passion and her quest for understanding between all the Earth’s creatures to the fore in this beautiful and affecting prayer for world peace. She asks us all to rise above our dogmas, to bring a spirit of generosity to the living world around us, to pray for justice and for those who are suffering. Illustrated with rich and colorful artwork, this is prayer that’s both personal and universal and one that will speak to people of all ages from all backgrounds.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789888240494
Publisher:	Astra Publishing House
Publication date:	11/01/2015
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Jane Goodall is an anthropologist and UN Messenger of Peace, widely known for her studies of chimpanzees, for conservation, and for animal welfare. She is the author of numerous books, including The Chimpanzee Children of Gombe, Doctor White, The Eagle and the Wren, and With Love.

Feeroozeh Golmohammadi is an artist and the first woman from Iran to win international recognition in the field of arts. Her art is exhibited widely around the world, and she has won a number of prestigious international awards.

Editorial Reviews

"We're all in this together! New book teaches kids generosity of spirit . . . . A great bedtime story option with spiritual punch!"—kidsyogadaily.blogspot.com

"Adults interested in introducing a broad, nature- and compassion-based form of spirituality to children will be pleased with Goodall's approach, which emphasizes kindness and interconnectedness. That theme is borne out in the illustrations, which occasionally feature hints of human figures in abstract scenes of nature and make very effective use of color to evoke sympathetic feeling."—Sarah Hunter, Booklist

"A candid and direct picture of war, poverty, and inequity, but equally emphatic about the power of hope and faith."—Publishers Weekly

"Striking mixed-media paintings . . . . earnest and heartfelt."—Wendy Lukehart, School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2015-09-21
The distinguished naturalist Goodall presents an ecumenical exhortation. "We pray / to the Great Spiritual Power / in which we live and move / and have our being." Thus she begins, and she goes on to preach against greed, slave labor, abuse of animals, bullying and torture, harm to the natural world, and all the other grave errors of this time in history. She seems set on cataloging every ill against humankind and animalkind, as well as environmental sins. She offers many strong, heartfelt words, but there is little rhythm or cadence to the sermon, and the almost granular iterations of victimhood threaten to overwhelm. On just one page she cries out against animal experimentation, agribusiness, the fur industry, hunting and trapping, "training for entertainment," and pet abuse, for instance. The text is set on full-bleed double-page spreads of great beauty. The Iranian artist uses great swathes of clear color and pattern and places birds, animals, flowers, and human figures against them in abstract patterns. Her art gives the words an energy they lack on their own. The book closes with a message from Goodall as the U.N. Messenger of Peace, notes about the Jane Goodall Institute, her Roots & Shoots organization, and a biography of the artist. Though sincere, this prayer may have the unintended effect of numbing rather than inspiring. (Picture book/homily. 7-12)

Kirkus Reviews