On The Day You Were Born
Debra Frasier
Red Wagon Books (1991)
Mirette turned three! Her teacher asked us to bring some photos of Mirette as a baby and also to write up the story of her birth to read to the other kids. After sharing with the class, the teacher read On the Day You Were Born.
What a special and meaningful ritual. Apparently, Mirette was glowing throughout it and loved having the special story read aloud. We have the book in our shelf as well and it's one of those in the same vein as Goodnight Moon that makes a perfect gift for a new babe. (we got three of them as gifts when Mirette was first born).
Debra Frasier uses bold, celestial pictures to talk about all the things the earth was doing on the day your child was born: "On the day you were born gravity's strong pull held you to the Earth with the promise that you would never float away. . ." I guess it could be classified as kind-of new-agey, but it's a great one to celebrate the miracle of bringing a child into the world.
Ms. Frasier grew up in Vero Beach, Florida on the beach and spent many long hours beach combing and making collages out of found objects. She settled in Minnesota. She sounds like a serious kayaker and canoer, even keeping a blog of her journeys (which I actually want to read at some point). I also discovered that she has many other books that look really cool! Her website is chock full of good stuff: well thought out activities for parents/teachers to use, videos, books and her bio. Here's the link: http://www.debrafrasier.com/index.html
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