Give Peace A Chance: Imagine by John Lennon

YOU MAY SAY THAT I'M A DREAMER,

BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

He's not the usual dove of peace, although he does offer an olive branch. He's a more pedestrian carrier pigeon, with his little messenger bag, carrying a plea for an end to greed and hate.

He settles a fuss among some squabbling seagulls and mediates a food fight among some hummingbirds by suggesting some creative sharing.

It's a hard job, but someone has to do it, in the just-published picture book based on John Lennon's famous song, Imagine (Houghton Mifflin Clarion, 2017). With an appealing protagonist pigeon and well-paced design, alternating full-bleed and spot-art pages executed in thick blackline drawings, artist Jean Jullien's illustrations tell this story in a timely and still needed plea to give peace a chance.

WE HOPE SOMEDAY YOU'LL JOIN US.

AND THE WORLD WILL LIVE AS ONE.