God Bless America

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The Barnes & Noble Review
Warm up your vocal cords and lift your head high! Acclaimed artist Lynn Munsinger has created a moving tribute to Irving Berlin's patriotic musical standard and packaged it with a heartwarming CD featuring Barbra Streisand's rendition of the song.

Set to the famous lyrics, God Bless America takes us on a spectacular journey through the U.S. with an adorable family of bears. Papa drives his young son and daughter through the lush countryside to attend a parade that includes police officers and fire fighters. Then they visit the Lincoln Memorial and stop to view the majestic New York City skyline. Bringing to life the song's stirring words, the bears set up camp in awe-inspiring mountains, frolic in prairie grasslands, and spend time at the ocean "white with foam," finally returning to "home sweet home," where Mom waits with big hugs.

With tender illustrations perfectly capturing the American landscape, Munsinger delivers a book just right for American celebrations. The bonus CD is truly moving, and the book even features the musical score in the back. More than a stunning homage, this book deserves special praise because a portion of the proceeds from its sale goes to the God Bless America Fund. (Matt Warner)

Publishers Weekly

In another song-lyrics-turned picture book-text, God Bless America by Irving Berlin, illus. by Lynn Munsinger, comes packaged with a CD, with the tune sung by none other than Barbra Streisand. Munsinger keeps the focus on Manhattan in an opening scene as well as with a parade of police officers and fire fighters, but she also adds cherry blossoms to a scene of the Lincoln Memorial at the capital, and of course the mountains, prairies and oceans (white with foam). (June) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.