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How sweet the sound the story of Amazing grace

An incredibly moving picture book biography of the man behind the hymn "Amazing Grace" and the living legacy of the song by Caldecott Honor winning author Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison. One stormy night at sea, a wayward man named John Newton feared...

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Main Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors: Morrison, Frank, 1971- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Subjects:
Newton, John, > 1725-1807 > Juvenile nonfiction.
Amazing grace (Hymn) > Juvenile nonfiction.
Hymn writers > England > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction.
Stories in rhyme.
Summary: An incredibly moving picture book biography of the man behind the hymn "Amazing Grace" and the living legacy of the song by Caldecott Honor winning author Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison. One stormy night at sea, a wayward man named John Newton feared for his life. In his darkest hour he fell to his knees and prayed and somehow the battered ship survived the storm. Grateful, he changed his ways and became a minister, yet he still owned a slave ship. But in time, empathy touched his heart. A changed man, he used his powerful words to help end slavery in England. Those words became the hymn "Amazing Grace," a song that has lifted the spirit and given comfort across time and all over the world.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781481472067
1481472062
Author Notes: Carole Boston Weatherford has written many award-winning books for children, including Kin , illustrated by her son Jeffery and a Coretta Scott King Author Honor recipient; Box , which won a Newbery Honor; Unspeakable , which won the Coretta Scott King Award, a Caldecott Honor, and was a finalist for the National Book Award; Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul , winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; ALA Notable Children's Book You Can Fly ; and Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square ; Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement ; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom . Carole lives in North Carolina. Visit her at CBWeatherford.com.

Frank Morrison is the award-winning illustrator of many books for young readers, including Jazzy Miz Mozetta , winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent; Little Melba and Her Big Trombone , a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book; Muhammad Ali ; and How Sweet the Sound. Before becoming a children's book illustrator and fine artist, Morrison toured the globe as a break-dancer. He lives in Georgia with his family. Visit him at MorrisonGraphics.com.

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