Students love singing books, so I decided to get a copy of Over the River to sing to them. While searching for a copy, I found several different versions with very different illustrations. So I had to get them all. Because, who did it best?
We must know.
The first one I found, up in the top left has the most conventional illustrations.
Period appropriate and attention to detail
We will not stop for doll or top
For 'tis Thanksgiving Day
Conventional or not, I enjoy these illustrations!
This is the only copy that had this particular stanza in it
Over the river, and through the wood,
With a clear blue winter sky
The dogs do bark,
And children hark,
As we go jingling by.
This is definitely an idealized version of a New England back in the day, but hey, I am not one to argue with a dollop of nostalgia.
So I like this one.
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