By Bob Marley, Cedella Marley (author) , Alea Marley (illustrator)
"A classic song reimagined with love and joy"
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Everyone knows Bob Marley’s song Is This Love? , now his daughter Cedella has adapted the lyrics into a picture book celebration of sibling love.
‘I’m going to love you every day and every night’, says a little girl to her baby sister, cradled in their daddy’s arms. We watch them grow up, the big sister teaching the little sister how to hula-hoop and ride a bike, cheering her up when she feels down. They’re together through thick and thin, and the answer to the refrain, ‘Is this love that we’re feeling?’, has never seemed more positive or joyous.
The illustrations of the two and their family are similarly bursting with love and vibrancy, the setting a Caribbean island richly depicted in glowing day and night-time colours. A lovely book for families to share and the perfect way to welcome a new baby.
Relive the magic of Bob Marley's most beloved songs in this newest picture book adaptation!
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Is this love? Is this love that I'm feeling?
Bob Marley's music has captured the hearts and souls of families around the world. This sweet adaptation of one of his best loved songs is a heartwarming tale of an older child's love for a younger sibling. From the moment she sees her baby sister, big sister knows just what she's going to do: love her and treat her right, every day and every night.
Playing together, watching over her, standing by her through thick and thin . . . big sister does it all, because yes, this is love that she's feeling.
Adapted by Cedella Marley, Bob Marley's eldest child, and exuberantly illustrated by Alea Marley, Is This Love is a joyful ode to the unshakeable love shared by all those who call one another family.
Cedella Marley 's life has always been rooted in music and culture. As the eldest child of Bob Marley, she has dedicated herself to keeping her father's message and memory alive. She is a musician as well, performing internationally with the three-time Grammy Award–winning Melody Makers, which consist of her brothers Ziggy and Steve and her sister Sharon. She lives in Miami, Florida, with her husband and three sons. Cedella is the author of several picture books, including adaptations of her father's songs "One Love," "Three Little Birds," and "Get Up, Stand Up."
Bob Marley is notable not only as the man who put reggae on the global map, but as a statesman in his native Jamaica who famously brought together the country's warring factions. He passed in 1981. In 1994, Marley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Today, Bob Marley remains one of the 20th century's most important and influential entertainment icons, and his lifestyle and music continue to inspire new generations as his legacy lives on through his music.
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Relive the magic of Bob Marley's most beloved songs in this newest picture book adaptation! Is this love?
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Is This Love and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Is This Love features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Fiction PSHE Titles, Music, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Stories about Family and Friends, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Featured Books for 3+ readers
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Is This Love was written by Bob Marley, Cedella Marley and published by Chronicle Books
Is This Love has 36 pages
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