Customer Reviews

All Things Bright and Beautiful

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This is an easy review - the book is simply great! If parents are willing to sit down with their children and read, especially starting before they are two years old, this book will help to spark the imagination of practically any child. The song couldn't make a better subject for a book. The story should help form the foundation for a strong moral and religious background. The illustrations are beautifully done and our twenty-two month old picks out things that we hadn't even noticed. I recommend the book to all parents and encourage them to read it nightly, taking the time to discuss what they see in the pictures. I sincerely hope the author has more projects in the works!

I WANTED TO BUY A RECORDABLE NON HOLIDAY THEME BOOK FOR MY NEICE. THIS BOOK WAS UNDER THAT CATAGORY, HOWEVER WHEN I RECEIVED THE BOOK IT WAS JUST A STORY BOOK WITH A SONG TO BE SUNG OR PLAYED IN THE BACK.
I WAS VERY DISSAPOINTED BECAUSE I WANTED MY MOTHER TO RECORD THIS FOR HER GRANDDAUGHTER.

ALL IN ALL I DID NOT GET WHAT I EXPECTED, BUT I STILL LOVE THE BOOK AND THE THEME. I KNOW MY NEICE WILL ENJOY AS WELL.

BMCCALMON

This is a beautifully illustrated version of the 19th century hymn "All Things Bright and Beautiful." The illustrations follow a country girl as she explores the world around her. The illustrations propel the text's message to the next level, powerfully demonstrating the beauty of God's creation. It's worth pausing at every page-spread to admire the pictures for a few extra seconds, and it doesn't detract from the reading of the story at all.

Each 2-page spread has 2 lines from the hymn, and a 2-page illustration spread surrounding the words. The text is a nice large size. In the back two pages, the hymn is printed if you'd want to play it or sing it with your children.

I'd highly recommend this book to anyone with young children that they want to teach of God from their earlist days.

Bruce Whatley's paintings bring new life to the beautiful old hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander, originally written to help children understand the opening of the Apostle's Creed. The illustrations follow a girl on a country ramble, experiencing the created things described in the hymn, then returning home to tell her family about it. This makes for a joyous read and is an excellent supplement to a child's Christian training. The musical score is provided in the endnotes.

The wonderful illustrations of Cecil Frances Alexander's classic hymn makes this book my go-to present for little ones. Perfect for keepsake occasions (baptism, birthday) or just to read.

We got this first at the library with our youngest when she was two. After checking it out a million times (and reading it two million!) we bought it. At four she still loves it, as does her younger brother. The pictures are BEAUTIFUL and such a sweet way to "see" the song. Love this book! Great gift for anyone who is having a baby:)

Beautiful images in this book -- and I am particularly fond of the plain-faced blue Australian Cattle Dog that accompanies the girl on her day. My only regret is he didn't show up more... (you can see why I bought this book.) Bought it as a gift for my niece, and I'm positive this one's going to be a long time keeper. Really lovely book. (Just needs more Cattle Dog!)

All creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all... This is a great hymn, one of my favorites (especially the arrangement by John Rutter). Reading (singing!) this book to my children has given them an appreciation for the beauty in God's world. The illustrations are the kind that a child is drawn into - the kind they can gaze at and imagine themselves in the scene.
A carefree country girl goes on a ramble as the hymn unfolds. My children (me too!) want to kick off their shoes and share in the child's absorption of the beauty around her.
Great way to children-ize a hymn.

I ordered this book, but in a recordable book. I received the regular book, which is very nice but not at all what I ordered. I received this book which was meant for my great nephew for Christmas,6 days before Christmas and tried having customer service call me which they did but they insisted although I faxed the reciept that I had printed out when I ordered the recordable version of this book and the woman told me that it was a regular, not a recordable book and that she would not send the recordable book or even admit that I had originally ordered the recordable book.
She continued to argue with me and since I am sick anyway I didn't feel at all like arguing with the woman. She really even had an issue with even charging the refund of the book back to my credit card, but finally did then she proceeded to hang up on me. The moral of this review is more a cautionary one...make sure you know 100% what you are ordering and for the love of Pete, make sure that you get a copy of the order that you placed although in my situation it didn't matter at all. Good luck ordering with these people!!!!!