Celebrate the Sun

by James Kavanaugh

Book Overview

Considered by many to be James Kavanaugh's most powerful book, it contains his own personal philosophy in a tale about a community of pelicans and the life of the amazing Harry Lagendorf Pelican. Dear... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876901631
• ISBN13: 9780876901632
• Release Date: February 1973
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 89 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

YOU'RE LOVEABLE BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU

James Kavanaugh, author of CELEBRATE THE SUN is probably best known for his earliest (I think) book of poems, THERE ARE MEN TOO GENTLE TO LIVE AMONG WOLVES. CELEBRATE THE SUN filled a very pressing need at the time it was written. There was a very popular book about a bird who through sheer will and determination learned to fly higher, further, and faster than any of his contemporaries. On the positive side it emphasized excelling. But there was a negative side to it. It seemed to say that there was something wrong with accepting one's limitations and living within them.It would seem that in CELEBRATE THE SUN, Kavanaugh is saying that it's really okay to be yourself and that you are loveable for what you are, not for what you accomplish. This book takes the stigma off of not flying higher, faster, and further than your fellows. You are still loveable and a success as a human being (or pelican, as the case may be.)

PECAUT--PERSONAL

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