{"id":4480310116431,"title":"America the Beautiful","handle":"america-the-beautiful","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.songhall.org\/profile\/Katharine_Lee_Bates\"\u003eKatharine Lee Bates\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/wendell-minor\"\u003eWendell Minor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRevisit a beloved classic, updated for a new generation.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKatharine Lee Bates's timeless poem captures the magnificent beauty of the United States with lush paintings by award-winning artist and author Wendell Minor. 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America the Beautiful

By: Katharine Lee Bates / Illustrated by: Wendell Minor

Revisit a beloved classic, updated for a new generation.

Katharine Lee Bates's timeless poem captures the magnificent beauty of the United States with lush paintings by award-winning artist and author Wendell Minor. Celebrate America's ideals of unity and marvel at her natural and historical wonders, from Yosemite National Park to the Garden of the Gods to Mount Rushmore.

This reissued edition includes an updated introduction, information about the poet and the composer who set the words to music, sheet music, a map, and brief information about each of the twenty-one American locations depicted.

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Katharine Lee Bates, author

Katharine Lee Bates was born in 1859, when the United States had only been an independent country for 83 years. She taught English literature at Wellesley College, published many volumes of poetry and scholarly works, and founded the New England Poetry Club. Her most famous work, "America the Beautiful," was written in 1893 while she was delivering a summer lecture series at Colorado College. Katharine passed away in 1929.

Read more about Katharine.


Wendell Minor, illustrator

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 Night Train, Night Train; Trapped!; and How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? Wendell lives in Washington, Connecticut.

Read more about Wendell.

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Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-121-7

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ISBN: 978-1-63289-895-1 EPUB

Ages: 3–7
Page count: 48
8 1/2 x 11