Watch Out for Flying Kids is a big, beautiful, full-color, hardcover book about our Peace Through Pyramids partnership with the Jewish/Arab Galilee Circus in Israel.
Do note that a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go to our Reggie Moore Memorial Scholarship Fund!
This book was the winner of the 2016 International Literacy Association’s Social Justice Award. Read more here!
We were honored to talk about Watch Out for Flying Kids and perform as part of the Library of Congress’ National Book Festival 2015 in Washington, D.C., where the Washington Post called us a “highlight of the festival” and the book a “Best Pick”! You can watch the entire presentation here. Watch Out for Flying Kids has also been named to the Sydney Taylor Notable Books for Older Readers list and one of the best non-fiction books of 2015 by Kid Lit Frenzy.
Tell your friends and family! Ask local book fairs to carry it and suggest that they invite the author and some of our flying children to do presentations and workshops! Use #WatchOutforFlyingKids when ‘talking’ about it on social media.
Bring the flying children home with you and spread the word about how we promote Peace Through Pyramids, Harmony Through Handsprings and Joy Through Juggling!
Learn more about the book and award-winning author, Cynthia Levinson.
Review by Making Books in Bloom
Young performers of Circus Harmony in St. Louis, Missouri and the Galilee Circus in Israel pushed the boundaries of working together. Since many of us have been in awe of the acrobatic feats of circus entertainers, this book will add a new dimension.
The athletic and aesthetic movements and skills of these circus performers built literal bridges or arches between humans and their collaborative effort made metaphorical bridges between cultures. The troupe consisted of inner-city teenagers from America and Arabs and Jews from Israel. They represented various religions, income levels and races. The award-winning author spent time cultivating information from each individual that created a social circus by training together to juggle responsibilities, positively showing those who doubted it would work from two continents and also deftly handling religion and politics. Their perseverance and hard work paid off, yielding a lasting effect on their lives and the positive ripple effect it created.
Many cities such as St. Paul, Minnesota have regional acrobatic troupes, such as Circus Juventas as well as internationally known Cirque du Soleil and Shen Yun Performing Arts, to name a few. Young readers can live the life of teen circus acrobats while reading this inspirational book! The beautiful photographs in this book capitalize their experience and bring readers into the moment with the performers that established a motivational community. One performer said it well that “circus is not about competition. It’s about art and getting better.” What a great concept!
