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Pick of the Week: One Love Picture Book
September 29th, 2011
One love, one heart, let’s let together and feel all right…
Cedella Marley, oldest daughter of the legendary Bob Marley, is dedicated to keeping her father’s message—and his memory—alive. In her new picture book, One Love: Based on the Song by Bob Marley, Cedella transports readers into the heart of one girl’s journey to transform her neighbourhood into something better, using lyrics from the popular song and colourful illustrations by Vanessa Brantley-Newton.
“When my father sang ‘One Love,’ he felt it all the way—heart and soul, mind and body,” writes Cedella, in the book. “He thought a world united by love was possible, and it is. All we’ve got to do, he said, is ‘Give a little, take a little.’ My father wanted people to embrace one another and take care of one another. That was as is the message of ‘One Love.’”
This book is not only a fun, colourful read for little ones, but also a great way to spread Bob Marley’s message and teach this beloved song to a new generation of music lovers.
One Love: Based on the Song by Bob Marley, $17, Chronicle Books. Also available at amazon.ca.
WIN IT!
Two lucky readers will win a copy of One Love: Based on the Song by Bob Marley. Just leave us a comment below and tell us: what’s your favourite song from your childhood? The giveaway closes Thursday October 6th at 5 p.m., so don’t miss your chance to get this great prize. Good luck!
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Bob Marley’s One Love was my parents wedding song. This song brings back a lot of favorite memories.
My favorite song when I was young is Supercalafragilistic-exbialladotous (sorry, I have no idea how to spell it lol)
My favorite song was … No laughing, the lion sleeps tonight by the nylons. I have no idea why. Lol
I loved the song Listen to Your Heart by Roxette. My mom had the cassette tape and my older sister listened to it all the time. Wanting to be as cool as her, I made it my mission to learn and love every song! Listen to Your Heart was definitely my favourite, and I still crank it up and belt it out every time I hear it!
My favourite song as a child was ‘One Tin Soldier’ I knew it was a sad song when I first heard it, but I could tell it had a very important message. It still brings tears to my eyes, but I love it.
Has to be Neil Diamond’s “Song Sung Blue”… I fondly remember my mom playing this on vinyl and dancing around the house with me.
Honey on Toast by Sandy Offenheim. I listened to that song on my record player over and over again. (Probably drove my family nuts)
It was Lambada – i think that’s the name of the band; it was a huge hit in early 80′s, and i always smile when i think about how i wanted to dance like them….
One of my favourites was My Eyes Adored You
I loved eye of the tiger because I did my first skating carnival performance to it.
Baby Mine from Dumbo. A mothers love always makes things special.
Belly button by Heather Bishop.
I remember my Dad often listening to “Walk on By” by Dionne Warwick and loving that song myself!
heather at timm dot ca
Mine was also Supercalifragalistic !
Beat it by Michael Jackson. Loved all his music.
You are my sunshine, hands down. My dad used to play it on the guitar and we would all sing it!
“The Rainbow Connection” By Kermit the Frog. I used to sit in my room and close my eyes and listen to that song over and over:)
My favorite song that I still love and still has the power to melt my heart and bring a tear is “Mama” by B.J. Thomas
You Are My Sunshine was my favorite childhood song. My aunts and uncles used to sing it in harmony together at family gatherings. I was mesmerized!
“What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong always reminded me that, despite what I was going through, there were things of beauty and the world may not be such a bad place. It still has that effect one me.
Baby beluga by Raffi!
My fondest memories are listening to music with my Dad. He enjoyed the Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper, etc. Whenever I hear one of ‘his songs’ it brings me back to being a little girl. Now that I have my own kids I’m enjoying our time together listening to music. My husband and I enjoyed our honeymoon in Jamaica. Ever since our honeymoon I have loved Bob Marley. When my boys want to create a special Mom day we put on our Bob Marley DVD and dance as a family. Every day we create our own special memories.
My favourite song when I was little was “Saturday Night” by the Bay City Rollers. I play it for my daughters sometimes, and they seem to like it, too!
When I was little, my favourite song was “Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder. It’s a song about a baby of love and it has sounds of a baby splashing in water and it’s just a wonderful song…. I wished that my parents felt the same way about me and I just loved that someone could love their baby so much. I think it gave me hope.
Each night before bed my dad used to sing “Rain Drops Keep Falling on My Head” to a wind up toy that I had. He would dance at the same time. It was so comforting :)
The first record that I bought was Cory Hart’s Sunglasses at Night. So cheesy but every time I hear that song now, it makes me smile!
my favorite song is “I just called to say I love you” by Stevie Wonder. I grew up in Peru,south America. my parents got divorced when I was 10 and my dad moved to Canada. So,whenever he called he will play this song over the phone. It is amazing that even though it has been over 20 years, every time I hear this song I get very emotional.. such as life :-)
I had many childhood songs but my favourite would have to be Que Sera Sera. My godmother would sing that song to me and now I sing it to my girls.
My favorite song from childhood was Neil Diamond – Song Song Blue.
My Mom sang it to me a lot and when my brother (who was 16 months younger) heard it, he’d start to cry lol.
A favorite song I remember singing as a child is, “I’ve got the love of Jesus in my heart.” I don’t even know if that’s the name. My favorite bit was, “If the devil doesn’t like it, he can sit on a tack. Ow!”
My favorite song as a child was Loius Armstrong singing What a Wonderful World. I remember being in the kitchen with my mom drying dishes while it was on the radio. The window was open and there was a nice fresh breeze and you could hear the birds singing. I still love that song to this day and have great memories whenever I hear it.
I loved raffi, sharon lois and bram, songs by the mini pops.
baby Beluga!
My favourite song from my childhood was “Skinamarinky dinky dink”. I had completely forgotten all about it until I had a child of my own. I was singing anything to get her to sleep, and this song came to mind as if it was just yesterday that I was singing it myself. The song is full of love.
My favourite song was “Ruby Tuesday” by the Beatles. (Oops I think I just dated myself!) My friend and I used to sing it at recess. We thought we were the next singing sensations. As an adult I realized that singing was NOT my strong suit.
Abba Dancing Queen
My fav childhood song was You are My Sunshine! I sing it to my grandchildren now. I love Bob Marley his music just soothes the soul!
Sandra