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America the Beautiful
  • Published: 19 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9781623541217
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $39.99

America the Beautiful

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EBook
3 Apr 2020
Hardback
19 Mar 2020
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Classic Americana and patriotism meet in this picture book version of the beloved song "America the Beautiful."

Katharine Lee Bates's timeless and beloved poem alongside art by award-winning author and artist Wendell Minor, capturing the magnificent beauty of the United States. Celebrate America's ideals of togetherness and marvel at classic illustrations of her natural and historical wonders: from Yosemite National Park and the Garden of the Gods, to Mount Rushmore and Plymouth Plantation. This reissued edition includes an updated introduction, information about the poet, the composer of the song, the sheet music, a map and brief information about all twenty-one American locations depicted in the book.
  • Published: 19 March 2020
  • ISBN: 9781623541217
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 48
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the authors

Wendell Minor

Wendell Minor has designed more than two thousand book covers and written and/or illustrated more than fifty children's books, including many in collaboration with Jean Craighead George. Recent titles include Trapped!, How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?, and If You Were a Panda Bear. Wendell has collaborated with Rob Burleigh on Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic , Abraham Lincoln Comes Home, If You Spent a Day with Thoreau at Walden Pond, and Into the Woods: John James Audubon Lives His Dream.
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Praise for America the Beautiful

Praise for Night Train

  • "A dreamy, lyrical picture book." --School Library Journal
  • "Wendell's evocative scenes capture. . . nostalgia." --Publishers Weekly

    • Praise for Trapped! A Whale's Rescue
  • Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year 2016
  • CCBC Choices
  • "An enchanting portrayal that demonstrates the positive impact that humans can have upon the natural world."--School Library Journal, starred review
  • "Like the stately illustrations, the precise prose has a dignity that is worthy of its subject and unusual in a picture book."--Booklist,starred review