When I First Came to This Land
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Book Overview
Caldecott Award-winning artist Simms Taback joyfully brings to life the immigrant experience... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0399247939
ISBN13:9780399247934
Release Date:July 2007
Publisher:G. P. Putnam's Sons
Length:32 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 10.8" x 8.7"
Age Range:5 years and up
Grade Range:Kindergarten and higher
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
I love this book...I wish it had all the pages!
Published by Mallory , 14 days ago
This is a great "singing book" about the journey of an immigrant starting life in a new land. Check out Pete Seeger's version of this song.
The copy I purchased was in "good" condition, but it was missing the first and last page. :-(
Song by Oscar Brand, retold by Harriet Ziefert
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
When I First Came to this Land was inspired by an old PA Dutch folksong, but was actually written with a new melody and English text in the 1940s by Oscar Brand. Pete Seeger then made it popular, and it does have that folk appeal for which he is well-known. Ms. Ziefert changed some of the lyrics--some to be nicer for kids, which is why it is "retold by. . ." (Brand's song lists the horse verse as "and I called my horse-dead, of course.") All in all a cheerful book with fun illustrations!
Old american folk-tune, illustrated with charming pictures.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I don't know how this could be considered "re-told" as it says on the cover. These words are not new. They are the lyrics to an old folk song. The illustrations, however, are original, and they illustrate the song in a folk art style that synchronises nicely with the story that the lyrics tell.
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