This book was born and raised on two islands--Marthas Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts and Stony Island, seven miles out on Lake Ontario. The first ideas came swiftly after seeing children dancing around with glowsticks one summer night at an outdoor concert. It was magical to see how creative and cooperative the children were, sharing easily and being quite inventive with their swirling sticks of color. The wisdom of the children was totally apparent as was their delight in working together. A vision of a peaceful world unfolded. This story tells of seven captivating children who experience excitement, disappointment, curiosity, and finally gain wisdom as creators of peace. Children are leading the way for all of us to live in a more joyful and peaceful world.
Shortly after writing this book, Erin and Gay both became active in the Campaign for a US Department of Peace
( thepeacealliance.org).
Many of the pages have an optional “Paint Me” feature for children to finger paint the pages and create their own custom version of the book.
Additional features: Professional voice over, table of contents control to navigate easily through the book and an audio on/off control.