ONE CITY, TWO BROTHERS
a new
book, a needed spirit of helping each other
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
ONE CITY, TWO BROTHERS
isn't only what's ahead.
It's now.
The brightly-illustrated new book is a how-to for
the
The timely folk tale of how
This required spirit predates the city itself and is
our destiny -- to bring to life in our time.
The story has been heard in synagogues, mosques and
churches across the
Storyteller Chris Smith shows how two brothers find
peace by seeing themselves in each other.
ONE CITY, TWO BROTHERS (age 6 to 99)
By Chris Smith
Brightly illustrated by Aurelia Fronty
32 pages; water color paintings; Barefoot Books; Cambridge, MA, IL.; Fall 2007
Information is on the Web, at:
http://barefoot-books.com/us/site/pages/productone.php?pid=2055
A beautiful, one-page illustrated flyer is at:
http://barefoot-books.com/cms_files/OCTB%20release%20US.pdf
Two bickering brothers stand before the wise King Solomon.
He shares with them the story of two other brothers who lived long before their time.
By retelling the story of how
He hopes that they will learn to appreciate one another and the value of sharing, always sharing.
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A 5-1/2 minute film says it in another way -- balancing "What about
me?" with "What about you?"
The contemporary video concludes about successful living:
"And you know what?
When you're happy, I'm happy.
That's the formula
First you, then me.
That's all happiness is.
It's just the heart being free."
INNOVATE - INSPIRE - IMAGINE
is the mission of Barefoot Books, publisher of TWO BROTHER,
It can be the chosen mission for each of our lives --
Palestinians, Jews, everyone on Earth.
It's just the heart being free.
Choosing the very best life --
together.
Neighbors forever.
Echod. Wahad.
One.