The clueless king’s response is tocommand Earth to stop shaking. But a little girl named Axiom tells the king tohush, then tells humans what they must do to make the Earth feel better.  When the Earth Shook provides amythical framing for kids to understand that it will be their job to help savethe Earth. Bravo, Axiom! Keep using that huge megaphone until the earth nolonger shakes! Axiom’s list of instructions to humans—some well-known andothers new but critically important—appears in the back of the book.