STORYWRAPS: "We Are Many"

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We Are Many

by Dave Cameron

Illustrated by Suharu Ogawa

Specs

* Reading Age: 4-8 years

* Grade Level: PS-3

* Length: 32 pages

* Publisher: Kids Can Press

* Pub. Date: October 4, 2022

* ISBN-10: 1525304666

* ISBN-13: 978-1525304668

* Language: English

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The Book

How one ball creates one mountain, two mountains and many more ... made out of people! Really? YES!!!

Kids start the game with one kid kicking a ball and it's game on. They chase the ball through the park giggling and laughing and having a grand old time. They end up in a tangled heap of bodies. Whoever gets to the ball first ends up at the bottom of a laughing heap of kids. A jogger hears the laughter and sees the heap and shouts out,

"people pile"! How fun is that?

Adults tune in when they see the diverse swarm of kids having so much fun and they start to participate too. Soon people are stuck in the middle and at the bottom and are unable to move. They feel frustrated as the pile becomes as big as a mountain. Help!

The mountain keeps growing until it cannot sustain itself and it splits into two piles. People choose which pile they like best and the kids accuse the adults of taking over and ruining their fun. After all they just want to kick and chase the ball.

The re-invented game leads to more and more heaps of people choosing their pile and being accepted and feeling a sense of belonging there.

The illustrations are colourful, busy, detailed and cartoonish. It is a book that although silly is interesting and kids will love the all-inclusive fun factor.

"Award-winning journalist Dave Cameron has created an unconventional, one-of-a-kind story to introduce young readers to some big ideas about societies, group mentality and group dynamics." I love the fact that the positive message is that everyone is welcome. We Are Many will spark lots of discussion and encourages critical thinking. The illustrations are full of humour and kid's will love going back again and again to check them out.

Storywraps Rating - 5 HUGS!

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Meet the Authors

Dave Cameron began his writing life as a journalist, and his profiles and essays have appeared in several publications, including Reader’s Digest, the Walrus and Cottage Life.

Dave does some of his writing at a family cottage on the shores of Lake Huron. The century-old building is falling down in a charming way, and its many nooks and shadowy crannies are home to many, many critters. Spiders and mice are quite comfortable there. Squirrels stash food in the roof. There’s a hole in the wall by the front door that makes a perfect nest for the very small and very loud house wren. The cottage, is, really, their place. Fortunately, none of these creatures seem to mind when humans drop by.

Dave spends most of the year in Hamilton, Ontario, with his partner and their son.

About the Illustrator

Suharu Ogawa is a Toronto-based illustrator originally from Japan. Formally trained in art history and cultural anthropology, she worked for several years as a university librarian until her passion for illustration called her out of that career and into the pursuit of a lifelong dream. Since then, Suharu has done various work for magazines, children's books, public art projects and more. She teaches illustration at OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario.

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