America the beautiful

Wonderfully spare, deceptively simple verses pair with richly evocative paintings to celebrate the iconic imagery of America. Each spread shows a stirring tableau, from the view of the Statue of Liberty at Ellis Island, to the great plains, to a spacecraft at Cape Canaveral blasting off. With illust...

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Main Authors: Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929 (Author), Ward, Samuel A., 1848-1903 (Composer)
Other Authors: De Haan, Jill (Artist)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Beverly, MA : Wide Eyed Editions, 2026.
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Summary:Wonderfully spare, deceptively simple verses pair with richly evocative paintings to celebrate the iconic imagery of America. Each spread shows a stirring tableau, from the view of the Statue of Liberty at Ellis Island, to the great plains, to a spacecraft at Cape Canaveral blasting off. With illustrations paired to each line of the well-known song, and that celebrate America's history, landscape, and people in powerful, stirring and reflective illustration. Non-fiction spreads at the end of the book will explain this history and significance of the song, and why we sing it today as well as more information on some of the places shown in the artwork.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
ISBN:9781836008774
1836008775
Author Notes:Jill De Haan grew up in the glorious mountains of Utah making bows & arrows and collecting unusual rocks. She currently lives in the woods of upstate New York.