Author: Katharine Lee Bates
Illustrator: Wendell Minor
Genre: Poetry
Major Awards: N/A
Age Group: Kindergarten - 3rd
Summary: Starting off the book, we are given an introduction with background information and a drawing of the view Katharine saw that made her feel excited before jumping into the actual singing the actual poem. Then, it follows with the America the Beautiful song that have beautiful illustrations to go along with each phrase of the song. Once the song is over, we have summaries of what each important figure has done and a history of each one including Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel Augustus Ward. They also include the original pairing of the melody and handwritten lyrics that Katharine Lee Bates wrote along with Samuel A. Ward. It ends with the reason and significance of why the illustrator, Wendell Minor, chose to draw it for those pages. Finally, it provides us a map of where some of the most beautiful places in America are located.
Major Awards: N/A
Age Group: Kindergarten - 3rd
Summary: Starting off the book, we are given an introduction with background information and a drawing of the view Katharine saw that made her feel excited before jumping into the actual singing the actual poem. Then, it follows with the America the Beautiful song that have beautiful illustrations to go along with each phrase of the song. Once the song is over, we have summaries of what each important figure has done and a history of each one including Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel Augustus Ward. They also include the original pairing of the melody and handwritten lyrics that Katharine Lee Bates wrote along with Samuel A. Ward. It ends with the reason and significance of why the illustrator, Wendell Minor, chose to draw it for those pages. Finally, it provides us a map of where some of the most beautiful places in America are located.
Evaluation & Comments: I thought it was interesting how they incorporated music into literature and made it into a book format for America the Beautiful. I could use this as a whole group class activity as we learn the song together. It would be a fun activity because little children love illustrations and color with books they can read aloud. Although it is not going to be with pencil and paper type of assignment, I would just give them a little cutout of the words with important pictures for them to keep and have a poster on the wall for learning purposes. Personally, I would not be comfortable singing the song alone, but once the students have the ability and memorized the song, I will most definitely sing along with them and help them out!
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