What I Be. This item is unavailable.What I Be

For the children in your life or the child in you, enjoy Michael's first children's book! Illustrated by Ben Hodson, "What I Be", is a visual and musical journey about self acceptance. It's okay to be just who you are and strive to be the best that you can be, by embodying the best characteristics of nature. Be as radiant as the sun, as healing as the rain or as generous as a tree. This story first appeared as a song on the Michael Franti & Spearhead album "everyone Deserves Music" and has been adapted in this book as a life affirming tale for children of all ages, shapes, and cultures. Includes a read-along CD that contains a hip hop and African musical collage of the story featuring the voices of Michael, his son Ade Franti-Rye, and Youssoupha Sidibe singing in his home language of Wollof and playing the Kora (Senegalese harp).

A musician, poet, social humanitarian, and activist, Michael Franti is recognized as a pioneering force in using music as a vehicle for social activism. 2010's The Sound of Sunshine marked the highest Billboard Top 200 Album Chart debut of Franti s career. His previous album, All Rebel Rockers hit the Top 40 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and yielded the certified double digital platinum smash Say Hey (I Love You). Franti, along with Michael Franti & Spearhead, has organized and contributed to numerous social justice initiatives through the years as well as becoming one of music s most exciting live concert performers.