What a Wonderful World

by Bob Thiele, Tim Hopgood (Illustrator), George David Weiss (Author)

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Illustrations and lyrics introduce a song, first recorded in 1967 by Louis Armstrong, which celebrates the wonders of nature, loving friends, and the promise of the future in a baby's cry.

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What a Wonderful World is the Illustrated lyrics to the song by Louis Armstrong. You can present the book by presenting the book with the song, because the book follows the exact lyrics of the song.

I love how just presenting these illustrations with a song people may already know can help them to dig deeper and find more meaning in the words they may have sung along with absentmindedly. Its a song with a lot of meaning and hope, and it makes a wonderful book.
Summary: This book is just based off the lyrics of the song “What a Wonderful World”. The pictures illustrate what’s happening in the lyrics of the song. I don’t know how to make this summary 3 sentences.
Opinion: I think it’s great because it exposes kids to music. I’d like to find more books like this. Different other songs would be cool, maybe I’ll write some!
I absolutely love this book, and the drawings are absolutely astounding. The book is a sweet song about children and the wonderful world that we live in. It also has diversity, and talks about the joys of the world. I would use this book for young children up until about kindergarten. The illustrations again are beautiful, and it is a great example of a poetry book for young children.
This book played along to the tape of the song "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. Therefore as the tape was playing you could read through the lyrics to the song in the book. I liked this book because it helps you to envision the world Louis Armstrong is talking about in his song by the pictures that are drawn. It is also a very different concept for a book and I liked it a lot.
A fun take on the song "What a Wonderful World" with amazing colorful illustrations. Students, after reading this story, can practice writing lists by jotting down their favorite things. They can then learn to narrow down that list by categorizing them as well.
This book is full of beautiful illustrations that you play along to the song "What A Wonderful World". The illustrations follow along with the song too.

This book is beautiful! I almost started crying when I was having the book read to me. The song with the illustrations was an incredible experience. I can see why this would be a great experience for students (younger or older) as well.
I dare you to read this without singing the song. Nice telling of the song. It made me think of the good things in this world.

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Canonical title
What a Wonderful World
Original publication date
1993
Disambiguation notice
This is a children's book illustrated by Tim Hopgood.

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Genres
Picture Books, Children's Books
DDC/MDS
782.42Arts & recreationMusicVocal musicSecular forms of vocal musicSongs
LCC
PZ8.3 .T269 .WLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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552
Popularity
53,773
Reviews
17
Rating
½ (4.39)
Languages
English
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Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
ISBNs
13
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4