All Things Bright and Beautiful - Softcover

Alexander, Cecil Frances

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735820457 ISBN 13: 9780735820456

Publisher: North-South Books, 2006

Synopsis

Written in 1848, this beloved hymn celebrating the wonders of Creation, is given new life in Anna Vojtech's glowing interpretation. Lushly detailed paintings follow two children and their frisky pup through a bucolic landscape of meadows, hills, rivers, streams and woods. Throughout the seasons, the youngsters explore and enjoy the wealth of treasures to be found--""things bright and beautiful, great and small, wise and wonderful, the glory of it all.

About this title

Book Description:

First published by Cecil Frances Alexander in 1948, this favorite hymn has become a mainstay of churches and Sunday school classes everywhere. Artist Katy Hudson brings new joy to Alexander's words with her fresh and bright watercolor style. Readers can join in the fun as they follow two little girls and their brother on a day filled with the discovery of “all things bright and beautiful.”

About the Author:

Cecil Frances Alexander was born in Ireland. She began writing poetry as a child and wrote nearly 400 hymns. She wrote ""All things Bright and Beautiful, "" one of her most popular, to help explain to children the opening words of the Apostles' Creed, a Christian statement of belief. The wife of an archbishop, she was known to be a generous woman who cared for the poor and opened a school for the deaf with her sister.

About this edition

• Publisher: North-South Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0735820457
• ISBN 13: 9780735820456
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Vojtech Anna