But the picture of the senior Jewish man holding a globe was a standout for me.

Each meticulously crafted of tiny pices of tile and glass. Another stop was filled with life size mosaics of subway riders. One of the stops was filled with monumental mosaic mural portraits by the the great artist Chuck Close. My son and I were in New York City last week and went to see some of the wonderful public art on display inside the stations of the new stops for the Q/2nd Ave. This book is peppered throughout with songs that Marian Anderson sang throughout her wonderful life. HE’S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS is also featured in these Singable Picture Books: Traditional Tune (Sing to the tune of, “ He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands”)Īssembled by Emily Leatha Everson Gleichenhaus Let’s sing and send some love into the world. You can sing these lyrics with the instrumental video posted above. He’s got everybody everywhere in His hands, He’s got you and he’s got me in His hands, He’s got the oceans and the seas in His hands, He’s got the rivers and the mountains in His hands, He’s got the wind and the clouds in His hands, He’s got the moon and the stars in His hands, He’s got the sun and the rain in His hands, He’s got my brothers and my sisters in His hands, The books will all have a different number of verses and different versions to sing, but you can sing them all with this instrumental and just make up for the verses with going back to the top of the book (once you reach the end) and sing until the music runs out. You can also buy this instrumental on Amazon: SONG SHEETS THAT CORRESPOND TO KADIR NELSON’S ILLUSTRATION SONG SHEETS THAT CORRESPOND TO ASHLEY BRYAN’S ILLUSTRATION (This book, published by Barefoot Books, includes a CD of the song sung by Fred Penner, pages of information for children about regions of the earth, and printed music) Note: There is also a bilingual version in English and Spanish. Scholastic Publisher’s webpage for this book, here This is a version of the song WHOLE WORLD This book features historical information about the song.

Whole World by Christopher Corr