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America The Beautiful [With 4 Paperback Books] (2006)

by Katharine Lee Bates(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1591129575 (ISBN13: 9781591129578)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Live Oak Media (NY)

review 1: Ten prominent illustrators have come together to make this patriotic song meaningful to children today. The illustrations bring this 19th century song well into the 21st century, providing a multifaceted, multicultural vision of America. Different people, different beliefs, different dreams are masterfully shared through artwork from artists such as Bryan Collier, Yuyi Morales, Jon J Muth, LeUyen Pham and others.
review 2: The pictures in this book are fabulous. They chose a set of fantastic illustrators, and put their pictures to lines from "America the Beautiful." Also on each page, they've got quotations from many of America's presidents.The result isn't quite usable for storytime. (It would be awkward to work in the quotation, and there's just one line f... morerom the song on each spread.) However, it would be a treat to pore over this book with a child. There's lots you could look at again and again.It's maybe a little over-the-top patriotic. But there are good times for that... less

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