Some reflections as a Native librarian. 1) Mother Earth is not just brown 2) Is presenting a one-toned-brown-colored Mother Earth (person) a true reflection of Mother Earth? Is this representation accurate for indigenous communities? 3) Is wind part of Mother Earth? Is it the same or different to water in the pages? 4) I enjoyed the description and illustrations of diverse biomes - however, they are unique in direction, history and culture, the Mother Earth character in the story did not reflect the cultures or histories of the people in these biomes - there is connection between this and accurate/respectful land representation. The Mother Earth character closely resembles indigenous - sometimes mainstream - representations of land told through oral traditions which have been translated into text and illustration; I immediately wondered if the author or illustrator was of the peoples who tell these traditional stories, they are not. I wonder what influenced the imagination or creative processing to design and show Mother Earth as a brown child with black long wavy hair, brown skin, and tan-hide colored clothing? There is similarity in human features of Sanna's "The Journey" book, and Mother Earth's clothing matches the color of the buck in "The Journey."