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A joyful celebration of creativity, nature, and the family bonds that inspire and sustain us. Meadow loves making musical instruments out of clay--the very body of the Earth--just as her grandpa does. Together they make flutes, whistles, ocarinas, horns, and round pot drums that sing with the voices of nature. Wild animals respond to the jubilant sounds by echoing back their own calls!
When a fierce storm causes destruction and loss, grief and sorrow fill the air . . . until one day, Meadow makes a discovery that unlocks the secret behind Grandpa's powerful music that "sings up the earth."
Brimming with joy and wonder,
Sing Up the Earth! honors the deep kinship between humans and nature while tenderly conveying the love that connects families from one generation to the next.
About the author
Cheryl Hellner is a poet and storyteller, a teacher and retreat leader who embodies a lifelong passion for creativity, art, and the natural world. After graduate studies in Early Childhood Special Education, she worked with inner city children in her local Head Start program evaluating special needs children and designing approaches that would help them to learn and flourish. Her passion for children's picture book stories grew from this work. Following her decade with Head Start, she worked in writing, editing, and small press publishing creating innovative editions of a new journal of faith and the arts,
Potter's House Press, along with her good friend and co-editor, Gayle Boss. Cheryl lives with her husband, Jim, in a small solar cottage at Dayspring, a 206-acre retreat center of open fields, woods, streams, and ponds outside Washington, D.C. Together they work with children and adults designing programs, outings, and retreats that deepen our connection with the natural world.
