The Tide Is Rising, So Are We!

SHOSHANA MEIRA FRIEDMAN is a rabbi, coach, activist, writer, and all-around passionate creative who grew up in a musical family. After she and her husband, Yotam Schachter, composed "The Tide Is Rising" in 2015, the anthem spread widely throughout the climate movement and fulfilled Rabbi Shoshanas lifelong dream of empowering social change through song.

Rabbi Shoshanas writing has been published in outlets such as the New York Times, Yes! magazine, and the anthology Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis. A late-diagnosed autistic woman, she lives in a joyful and radically neurodivergent-affirming home in Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband and son.

Kiki Kita is an illustrator and designer working primarily in editorial, childrens books, and portrait illustration. Currently living in Brooklyn, New York, she grew up in Dallas, Texas, and Nagoya, Japan. Kiki is an avid podcast listener, an aspiring baker, and a bookworm. She studied illustration and art history at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Her work has been recognized by American Illustration and by the Society of Illustrators West.

"Rabbi Friedmans book reminds us that the best movement work is driven by a love for life. The vibrant illustrations and catchy rhymes make it easy for anyone - child or adult - to remember all were fighting for." --Aru Shiney Ajay, Executive Director of the Sunrise Movement

"A vibrant ode to the climate movement." --Kirkus Reviews

"The Tide Is Rising, So Are We!is a much-needed book for children--as well as adults--whose hearts are breaking over the climate crisis. Sing it loud, sing it strong, sing it to give us all the courage and passion that we need to act on behalf of this beautiful world!" --Bill McKibben, environmentalist and founder of Third Act

"Our collective power rises off the pages of this lyrical and richly illustrated book. It acknowledges how overwhelmed we--child and adult alike--can feel in the face of the climate crisis and then joyfully invites us in to find our place in the movement." --Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Founder and CEO of Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action

"The Tide is Rising" as a song has traveled across time, place, and context, becoming one of the threads that knits together the work of many hands and the hopes of many communities. Declaring, "This is where we are called to be," this book invites a new generation to heed the call to face challenges and craft a beautiful future together. May all who read it see themselves in the pages and sing their way into the world as it could be! --Marla Marcum, (co)Founder and Director, Climate Disobedience Center