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One Love
Adapted from one of Bob Marley's most beloved songs, One Love brings the joyful spirit and unforgettable lyrics of his music to life for a new generation. Readers will delight in dancing to the beat and feeling the positive groove of change when one girl enlists her community to help transform her neighborhood for the better. Adapted by Cedella Marley, Bob Marley's first c...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
September 21st 2011
by Chronicle Books
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This book for very young children is adapted by a daughter of Bob Marley from one of his most popular songs. The illustrations by Vanessa Brantley-Newton are bright and cheery and show a diverse collection of people celebrating the joys of cooperation and community.
The song “One Love” expresses these sentiments, and was named "Song Of The Millennium" by the British Broadcasting Corporation....
"One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One love)
So shall...more
The song “One Love” expresses these sentiments, and was named "Song Of The Millennium" by the British Broadcasting Corporation....
"One love, one heart
Let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One love)
So shall...more
Sometimes the smiles on an illustration can make your own face light up. I found that was definitely the case with "One Love". Cedella Marley takes the basic lyrics of her father's well-known song and put together a short and endearing little book.
A happy little brown girl with dreadlock pigtails is joining along with her family and neighborhood to build "One Love Park", while she remarks on how she find love throughout her world. Small nods to Bob Marley are found within the pages as his liken...more
A happy little brown girl with dreadlock pigtails is joining along with her family and neighborhood to build "One Love Park", while she remarks on how she find love throughout her world. Small nods to Bob Marley are found within the pages as his liken...more
A young girl is determined to bring her friends, family, and community together to clean up the trash and weeds that have taken over an abandoned lot. Loved the illustrations, so vibrant and happy, that really highlight the love, happiness, and friendship that is displayed in this book. I also loved the diversity of characters in this book. It showed how a community can come together despite cultural differences (race, age, gender) to make a neighborhood an enjoyable place for all. The book read...more
This is a lovely book based on Bob Marley's iconic song. The images show a little girl with her family, friends, and finally her diverse community. I greatly appreciated that white characters are the minority in this book instead of having a black girl in the center of a white community. This definitely helps fill a void in children's picture books.
The illustrations also start small with the little girl and build to encompass an entire neighborhood, just as the song builds. This is a welcome add...more
The illustrations also start small with the little girl and build to encompass an entire neighborhood, just as the song builds. This is a welcome add...more
Bob Marley is one of my favorite artists. His reggae rhythm creates a relaxing, joyful mood. "One Love" describes a beautiful feeling ... when hearts join and share the goodness of life with each other. Cedella, Bob's daughter adapted this song into a beautifully illustrated children's book. The characters in the pictures portray a multicultural mix of children and adults who are working together to clean up a park ... the One Love Park. One guy is wearing a Marley t-shirt, which I thought was c...more
Relying on the lyrics of her famous father's song, Cedella Marley celebrates the healing power of love to transform lives and even landscapes. I particularly liked how the change comes through the example of a young girl who enlists her family, friends, and neighbors to clean up the community and create a green space which they all can enjoy. The storyline shows that anyone can change the world by starting with a small part of it. The mixed media and digital illustrations are colorful and filled...more
This is a great book that goes along with song, "One Love". The children would pick up and sing-a-long with this song quite naturally. The little girl focuses on the community as a whole, making sure that they understood what diversity meant. The illustrations are beautiful.
Learning Experience: The children can do an activity on diversity with learning about each child's culture background. The children could have their families to make a dish and bring to class to share to demonstrate that it d...more
Learning Experience: The children can do an activity on diversity with learning about each child's culture background. The children could have their families to make a dish and bring to class to share to demonstrate that it d...more
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Cedella Marley, Bob Marley's oldest child, brings her father's well-liked song, One Love, to life for a new generation. In Cedella's adaptation, a determined little girl shows her family, friends, and neighbors how love and teamwork make a community a better place. Vanessa Brantley-Newton's colorful illustrations nicely extend the story and almost pop from the page.
I was curious about Cedella's process for adapting her father's belove...more
Cedella Marley, Bob Marley's oldest child, brings her father's well-liked song, One Love, to life for a new generation. In Cedella's adaptation, a determined little girl shows her family, friends, and neighbors how love and teamwork make a community a better place. Vanessa Brantley-Newton's colorful illustrations nicely extend the story and almost pop from the page.
I was curious about Cedella's process for adapting her father's belove...more
Feb 13, 2013
Christina Davis
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
african-american,
concept-book,
cultural,
elementary,
friends,
kindergarten,
love,
motivational,
own,
picture-book,
pre-k,
scholastic,
educ-x461,
valentines-day
Based on the song by Bob Marley, 'One Love". You can sing or speak this book. I would prefer to sing it because it's just more fun that way. The illustrations show children of different race playing together; an interracial family; different animals getting along. I bought this book at a book fair for my collection. It would be fun to play the actual song 'One Love' after reading this to the classroom. Maybe have the kids hold hands while they sing, or incorporate some sort of dance to it.
I had no idea they had this book! I love the song! And this book is an amazing read for children!! It has so many different cultures and it can show children that we are all different but that we call still love each other! I enjoyed it so much I need to get it as soon as I can!
Extension: We can do a learning experience with different cultures around the world. And explain to the children more about their different customs, beliefs and much more.
Extension: We can do a learning experience with different cultures around the world. And explain to the children more about their different customs, beliefs and much more.
Yes, it’s that song and it’s been reworked by that songwriter’s daughter (take a second look at her last name if you think I joke.) Like some of the more popular songs of the Beatles, this one is both trite and profound in its simplicity. The illustrations are brilliantly colored and that lifts the song a bit out of its jarring repetition.
“One love,
one heart,
let’s get together
and feel all right!”
“One love,
one heart,
let’s get together
and feel all right!”
The author did a fabulous job of showing the message of love and community from this moving song by Bob Marley. Why is it that the though of a united world seems so unobtainable when the message is so simple? This book would be wonderful to read around Earth Day or any time a town, community, street or school can come together and organize a neighborhood clean up.
The words from this book are from the famous song by Bob Marley, One Love. I think it would be a nice book for children to actually sing the song from the book but the lyrics might be too complex for the younger students to understand. For older students, they could interpret the lyrics to try and see what the message the musician was trying to convey.
This book made me so happy! I love the feel-good vibes of Bob Marley and I think it's great that his music can be introduced to a new generation through chidren's literature. This is a great story about diversity, acceptance, and building a community. It'd be fun to sing along to and is sure to put everyone in a great mood!
Apr 01, 2013
Brionna Barcolleh
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
top-9-text-set-books,
multicultural-text-set
Marley, C. Marley, B. Newton, V.(2011). One Love San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books
Subtopic:West Indian
Genre: Childrens Fiction
Topics: Unity, Love, Joy
Synopsis: One Love is and adaption of Bob Marley's song "One Love." The neighborhood joins one young girl to help transform her neighborhood into a better place.
Subtopic:West Indian
Genre: Childrens Fiction
Topics: Unity, Love, Joy
Synopsis: One Love is and adaption of Bob Marley's song "One Love." The neighborhood joins one young girl to help transform her neighborhood into a better place.
I love everything about this book, the pictures, the words, and the meaning. I love that there is a song to go with it as well. There are so many different ways to use this in the classroom. It is a great way to teach the children to work together and what a difference we can make if we all put out love.
I love that song and for the creation of this book to have come from this song is absolutely marvolous. The overall message to young children is great.
THe learning experience: I would have the children try to learn how to say one love in different languages around the world.
THe learning experience: I would have the children try to learn how to say one love in different languages around the world.
'One Love' by Cedella Marley..."Adapted from one of Bob Marley’s most beloved songs, 'One Love' brings the joyful spirit and unforgettable lyrics of his music to life for a new generation...."
"One Love" by Cedella Marley is based on the song by her father, Bob Marley. It is a story of coming together for the benefit of the whole community and for Mother Earth.
Learning Extension: This is an excellent feel good book for childrens creative, language, and linguistic development. Children might like to draw an earth and tell what makes the earth go around.
Learning Extension: This is an excellent feel good book for childrens creative, language, and linguistic development. Children might like to draw an earth and tell what makes the earth go around.
Of course I love this book! There are lovely earth loving, litter picking upping, turban wearing, dog loving, flower growing, people in it.... AND they love dogs too! :)
I will admit I bought this book purely for the illustrations. The story itself is alright, but VBN's illustrations are what I really jumped for (and why I rated the book highly).
This is an adorable book with fantastic illustrations. My five year old just read it for the first time and loved it. We look forward to reading Cedella's other book.
Nothing comes together in this book, the illustrations are nice and the text are the lyrics of the popular Bob Marley song but something didn't click with me.
Marley has adapted her father Bob Marley’s famous song into this picture book. The book follows the same arc as the song, but is simplified considerably. Fans of the song will definitely try to sing along with the words since they are so iconic. Children who don’t know the song will discover a vibrant picture book where the words give the emotion, but the pictures tell the story. It’s the story of a community coming together to turn a vacant lot into a park, One Love Park.
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One of my favorite songs ever, turned into such a cute books! I love the illustrations, the little girls family, friends and community.
The illustrations are wonderful and it's easy to read. My daughter the six year old critic says five stars and she loved it!
One of my favorite picture book/songs. LOVE LOVE LOVE the illustrations. Love it all. Would make a great baby gift too
Well it ain't Bob Marley's version, but I like the adaptation. I also love the illustrations. Recommended 3-5.
I loved this book because the song was always a favorite of mine and the pictures are amazing.
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