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| Change Sings: A Children's Anthem |
“I can hear change coming
In its loudest, proudest song.
I don't fear change coming,
And so I sing along.”
In its loudest, proudest song.
I don't fear change coming,
And so I sing along.”
Amanda Gorman's rhyming verse calls out to children on the first page alongside the image of a girl with brown skin and textured hair, sitting crossed legged with her guitar. It is suppose to represent Amanda as a child; it is suppose to represent every child. The following page is an explosion of colour and an expression of movement, as the girl walks past a dynamic mural of Martin Luther King Jr. The segments come together like a stained glass window, and Loren Long's illustrations become a rhymical beat of its own.
Gathering neighborhood kids to follow her in a musical parade, the children teach themselves that the power to change things in the world - big or small - rests within themsleves.
At 22 years of age, Amanda Gorman, a National Youth Poet Laureate, was the youngest to be invited to speak at a presidential inauguration. Gorman’s charisma while reading her compelling poem, “The Hill We Climb,” was unmistakable, as she brought into this world an iconic quote, “for there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
