Simple Gifts: A Shaker Hymn

By Chris Raschka

Book Overview

"Simple Gifts" is one of the very few hymns that all Americans treasure. In churches, at graduation and wedding ceremonies, on concert and ballet stages, and especially in homes and schools, it is a perennial favorite. Now the acclaimed and ever-innovative artist Chris Raschka has transformed this treasured Shaker hymn into a lavish picture book. In Raschka's hands an irresistible cat, the bluebird of happiness, a sweet rabbit, a calm turtle, and the flowers that bloom, bend, and bow, all "Come 'round right."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805068171
• ISBN13: 9780805068177
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.2" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

I plan to gift this book to ALL ages!

My son participated in an enrichment class at his school focusing on Klee: his time, his works, his influence. Mrs. Greening, his teacher in this program, shared this book with me one day when I went in to observe! It is an absolutely beautful book inspired by Klee and the Shaker hymn. I am really looking forward to holding it in my hands, and keeping it near me, in order to view it again and again.