This Is the Planet Where I Live

This Is the Planet Where I Live
Beach Lane Books,
Simon & Schuster, 2023
40 pages

Available in: hardcover, ebook
hc: 978 – 1‑4814 – 6563‑2

This picture book celebrates and honors the interconnectedness of everything here on
Planet Earth.

Written by K.L. Going
Illustrated by Debra Frasier

“The verses themselves are magnificent…” —Kirkus, starred review

The planet where we live is full of people, animals, insects, birds, trees, clouds, rain, oceans — and everything is interconnected. With a cumulative text and rich, highly-detailed collages, this book is a joyous ode to our wondrous planet.

Use this classroom intro for grades 3 and up. Themes can thread through a year of study: Earth, People, Homes, Fields, Animals, etc. (8:30 min.)

K.L. Going

Author Biography
PDF — 1 page

Debra Frasier

Illustrator Biography

Reviews

… Though the text is a delight, the collage illustrations are the real stars of the show, a mix of Matisse-inspired art and photography. A stunning tribute that will make future conservationists out of all who read it.

— Kirkus starred review

Slide Show Preview

This is the Planet Where I Live - Title Page Spread

This Is the Planet Where I Leave - Spread 01-02

This Is the Planet Where I Leave - Spread 03-04

This Is the Planet Where I Leave - Spread 05-06

This Is the Planet Where I Leave - Spread 07-08

This Is the Planet Where I Leave - End Papers Front Spread

Title Page Spread

Spread 01 – 02

Spread 03 – 04

Spread 05 – 06

Spread 07 – 08

End Papers Front Spread

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Use this classroom intro for grades 3 and up. Themes can thread through a year of study: Earth, People, Homes, Fields, Animals, etc. (1:47 minutes)

Classroom Activities

CLASSROOM MURAL in TWO SIZES

Option #1

8½ × 11 PDF for enlargement at copy center. Order an “engineering” print. Example is 36 × 48 inches ($8.00 at Staples) OR order a kit with a full-sized printout here.

Option #2

Two 8½ × 11 sheets that can be glued together to make one 11 × 17 inch Earth mural. Download PDF.

COLORING & WRITING SHEETS

Each PDF sheet below is a line drawing of the original cut paper collage art from This Is the Planet Where I Live. Includes prompts to draw or write.

Quick overview video

Idea Starters for circle reading
or Earth Day play

Form a Research Team to select online pictures of Earth from space. (Hint: Do a Google search for “Earth seen from space.”) These can be projected on a whiteboard or wall for the play′s backdrops.

Form a Script Team to copy out each new line onto note cards. (Note: Lines build / repeat until the page after the WHALE page.) Number cards in order of the book.

Core story: 15 – 17 parts and parts can be multiple actors.

Form a Prop/Costume Team to draw / paint / build / find props to accompany any of the page themes. Flat cardboard and found objects work nicely.

Assign lines to teams or individuals. Themes, characters, and optional characters are listed in the PDF.

Consider an all-cast, unison repeating of the final line of each page, “to share the planet where I live.” Adjust final line, “all on the planet where WE live.”