A Day I'll Never Forget: A Keepsake To Help Children Deal With The September 11th, 2001 Attack on America [Paperback]

Latania Love Wright (Author), Jack West (Illustrator)

Book Description

This is a book intended for every child between the ages of 4 to 10 years old who watched the worst attack on America in the history of time from their television set. This book is a keepsake in which the child's name, date given, and who the book was given by can be recorded. The fact that it is a coloring book involves the child in the reading and is a very educational resource that can be used in a classroom or family setting. It is a resource that allows children to express their own indivdual feelings about that horrible day. Children of all races and ages are captivated by this book. Even children who normally do not like to read will pick this book up and immediately become involved. The address to to The White House encouraging parents and teachers to send in letters and drawings expressing themselves in a positive way.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

Dedicated to everyone affected by September 11th, 2001.

I wrote this book because my 12 year old daughter saw a telecast of The World Trade Center attack in which she could see people jumping to their death. This took its toll on me as a mother for all of my children. My 8 year old daughter and 6 year old son could see the terror, fear, and lack of explaination that I had for the first time in their lives. I am usually witty and come up with creative explainations for the many curious questions they throw at me, but not that day.

As a writer, I had to get my thoughts down on paper and somehow help myself and my babies come to some sort of understanding or just communications about what was going on. I remember simply saying what I read on the television screen: "America is under attack." Of course "What does that mean?" quickly followed so I let them watch for themselves.

"A Day I'll Never Forget" was the therapy I created for my children and hope that it will help you and yours.

God Bless,

LaTania Love Wright

About the Author

Born and raised in Georgia, LaTania Love Wright, is the proud mother of three beautiful blessings. (Brittany 12, Charli 8, and Laramie 6). LaTania is an award winning poet and lyricist. She now resides in the Orlando, FL area.

Product Details

• Paperback: 22 pages
• Publisher: Hastings House Pub; Coloring edition (November 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803835744
• ISBN-13: 978-0803835740
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,840,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Law Enforcement Officer's Opinion, May 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: A Day I'll Never Forget: A Keepsake To Help Children Deal With The September 11th, 2001 Attack on America (Paperback)

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Hastings House for publishing "A Day I'll Never Forget" written by LaTania Love Wright. I received a copy of this book while attening a local Law Enforcement Memorial service where she donated 120 books. I saw the book and it took my breath away. I have a 3&1/2 year old son and it was hard to explain September 11th to him. All he could understand was that a plane flew into a building and everyone died. As a parent, this book was a releif to find something on a child's level to discuss the situation of the United States.
Being a Law Enforcement Officer and dealing with the public, it is a shame to see how many people in society think only of themselves and take our freedom for granted and don't realize it could be gone tomorrow.
This book tells kids that it is all right to pray and help out strangers in a time of need. A lesson America needs to take a refresher course on.
Again, thank you for publishing this book and thank LaTania Love Wright for caring about our kids and putting such a tragedy into words they can understand.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars book review: A day I'll Never Forget, February 5, 2003

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Iris (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Day I'll Never Forget: A Keepsake To Help Children Deal With The September 11th, 2001 Attack on America (Paperback)

numerous children's books have been published following september 11, and I have ready many of them. I am sorry to say that Love Wright's book is one of the worst. I am sure the author had good intentions while writing the book - wishing to help children and their parents cope with this terrible tragedy. however the end result is less than satisfactory. to begin with, there is are some discripencies between the illustrations and the text - for example, the nararrtor in the story is a young girl, and at some point in the book the text says "I sat quitely and still as I watched TV". However, the illustratoin which accompanies the text is of a young boy! this specific illustration also bothered me deeply, because it featurs the child watching the attacks on TV all alone, with no adult supervioson what so ever. surely that cannot be a smart thing, and it definitely goes agaisnt expert advice. additionaly, the American egocentric approach is also evident in one of the iluustartions, where the text goes "America was under attack" while the illustration is of the world. It seems hard for us Americans to acknoweledge that America does not equal the world. there are other places out there with suffereing and tragedies occuring on a daily basis, which are largley ignored by America. Overall the illustrations are of a terriblequality, and the text leaves much to be desired. I think children deserve better quality books, especially when dealing with such a sensitive issue.