To Everything - Hardcover

Barner, Bob

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ISBN 10: 0811820866 ISBN 13: 9780811820868

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 1998

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To everything there is a season
A time to cry, a time to laugh
A time to mourn, a time to dance
The words of this timeless song, drawn from the wisdom of Ecclesiastes and made famous in the '60s by the Byrds, are beautifully illustrated here by award-winning artist Bob Barner. Barner's joyful torn-paper collagesmuch praised in his previous book, Dem Bonesoffer a thoughtful interpretation of the song's simple yet powerful message.

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About the Author:

Bob Barner was born in Arkansas, grew up in the midwest and now lives in Northern California. He graduated from The Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He has worked as an art therapist and an art director at several advertising agencies and design studios and has also assisted Al Capp with the writing and drawing for the popular comic strip "Li'l Abner." Barner works with pen and ink, watercolor, cut and torn paper as well as th

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Kindergarten-Grade 2-This slightly modernized version of 10 familiar verses from Ecclesiastes splashes across double-page spreads with bold images and brilliant colors. The paper-collage illustrations in richly saturated golds, purples, greens, blues, and reds show large, stylized, decorative flowers, birds, animals, and insects, and panoramic views of the day and night skies. The interpretations are exciting and thoughtful: for "A time to be born, a time to die," the picture shows a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, then huge and triumphant in full-wing spread, then dropping gently to the earth; "A time for war, a time for peace" features a white dove with a glowing blue eye among flames and barbed wire. The multicolored, hand-lettered text sweeps across the pages as part of the overall artistic design. A guide for discussion of the various passages and pictures and suggestions for related art activities are included. Leo and Diane Dillon's To Every Thing There Is a Season (Scholastic, 1998) is more comprehensive in its coverage and totally different in its concept, but the fact that these poignant, universal thoughts can be interpreted in such different ways attests to their profundity and to the creativity of the artists.
Patricia Pearl Dole, formerly at First Presbyterian School, Martinsville, VA
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