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Classic Americana and patriotism meet in this picture book version of the beloved song "America the Beautiful."

The same country that inspired Katharine Lee Bates in 1893 to write "America the Beautiful" inspired Neil Waldman, one hundred years later, to illustrate Bates's poem with gorgeous acrylic paintings.
Waldman's stunning panoramas take us from coast-to-coast: from Niagara... Read Full Overview

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: TOGETHER WE STAND Each of our presidents has had a unique vision of America. In AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, these ideas are translated into gorgeous illustrations by such top artists as Bryan Collier, Jon J Muth, Diane Goode, Mary GrandPre, Raul Colon, Sonia... Read Full Overview

Four verses of the nineteenth-century poem, illustrated by the author's great-great-grandnephew.

From his unique perspective as the great, great grandnephew of "America the Beautiful" writer, Katharine Lee Bates, Chris Gall transforms this beloved patriotic song into monumental works of art--from purple mountain majesties to gleaming alabaster cities. Honoring his ancestry... Read Full Overview

This patriotic song was written by Katharine Lee Bates many years ago when she was inspired by Colorado's Pike's Peak, Kansas wheat fields, and Chicago's gleaming skyline. It has become a favorite patriotic song over the years. While we embrace the words and music, we may not... Read Full Overview