TYPE & SUBTYPE: Poetry

Title: All the World

Author:

Liz Garton Scanlon

Illustrator: Marla Frazee

Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Place and Date of Publication: New York, 2009
No. of Pages: 40
Awards Received: Caldecott Honor Book Award

Summary:
The entire world is a clear manifestation that the world is what you and others see,
where you and others are right now and where all of you would be in the future. The
world is composed of sand, stones, and soil to dig; sea animals, sea and ocean to
swim all are at its bottom part. Plants, crops, flies, and fruits all can be seen in a
wide garden bed. Trees, forest one can climb and explore. Road, walkways, paths
one can travel through feet or car. Look up high and youll see birds, clouds and the
sky. Foods of all sort , may it be cold or hot, makes ones tummy full. Music is
created through instruments, violins, harp, piano and many more, makes something
pleasant to hear. Everything you see, everything you hold, everything you smell,
everything you eat, and the list goes on, the entire world is everything. The entire
world is you and I. The entire world is all of us.
Remarks:
All the World is a book written in rhymes that says all the world is here, there, the
world is everywhere. The book was written to run through the different parts of the
world, from the deepest below to the highest above. Readers of young ages could
mostly appreciate this literature because they would be able to know what
composes the world they are in. They would be able to start appreciating everything
around them whether theyve already seen what the book have stated or its theyre
first time to know that something like that exists through the aid of the illustrations.
As I was reading this poetry, I immediately thought of Him. I am thankful for the
things He made, for the people He had given life, and for creating me that I was
able to see this beautiful world. This book is a reminder to everyone to always be
thankful for what we have, appreciate what we see and love the entire world
because the entire world is all of us.