One Love by Cedella Marley

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One Love was written by Cedella Marley and Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. [1] Cedella Marley is the daughter of Rita and Bob Marley, C.E.O. of Tuff Gong International, one of four Melody Makers, and a full time mom of three. [2]

Summary

Children’s books about love abound. Children and love go hand in hand, and there are many beautiful children’s books that capture love in all its forms. The one I am sharing today is based on a song that I think the entire world could hum: Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’.

Marley’s daughter, Cedella, sang ‘One Love’ to her young boys when they weren’t feeling well, when they were happy, and as a lullaby. It is a song for every occasion and I’m sure parents worldwide sing this iconic song. Cedella has adapted the song to create a children’s book which introduces the message of ‘One Love’ to a new generation. [3]

Pros

Anna Squires-Marshall rated this book four stars, she explained why this book got it, it's is basically the lyrics to the song, but the illustrations help make the picture. A Caribbean American child who with the help of her immediate family and other community members build this wonderful park for everyone to use. Although the words in the book never say it, the children can follow along with the pictures. She chosed this book because it shows the Caribbean American side of the Caribbean culture. It tells the story of someone not directly from the West Indies but someone who's whole identity is a mash up of Caribbean and whatever other culture they identify with, which in this case is American. The book doesn't portray any negative stereotypes which is often hard when talking about Bob Marley or Jamaicans in general. One of the only criticism of the book, is that the words are limited to only song lyrics. She felt like the book could’ve been developed more to include a thicker and richer explicitly stated plot, and not one that came mostly from the illustrations. The characters in the book are all from diverse backgrounds, which would've been lovely to be stated and not left for reader’s interpretations from the pictures. But for the level of the book and the purpose of this verse based book it is a high-quality children’s book and she would recommend it. [4]

References

  1. https://www.aalbc.com/. Retrieved January 16 2021.
  2. .https://www.aalbc.com. Retrieved January 16th 2021.
  3. https://childrensbooksdaily.com. January 25, 2013. Retrieved January 16th, 2021
  4. https://www.goodreads.com. Retrieved January 16th, 2021