The Horn Book Guide

THE ARTS

Guthrie, Woody

This Land Is Your Land

40 pp. | Little | September, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-316-39215-4 $$15.95

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Kathy Jakobsen. In an exuberant m_lange of images, Jakobsen provides a rich and shifting harmony to a favorite folksong. The verses invoke a mythical journey of a guitar-carrying Woody across the landscape, from the "golden valley" to the relief office; the chorus invites us to all join in, with paneled pages dancing with postcard views of American monuments and gatherings of folk. Included is (if you need it) a simple arrangement of music.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1998