Amazon.com Review
"Do I contradict myself ... I contain multitudes." Walt Whitman might have been talking about this diverse collection of poems: one of the best things about it is its multiplicity of competing voices. A Syrian Orthodox verse begins "Lord of the morning and ruler of all seasons, hear our prayer"--but John Lennon is also here, asking us to "imagine no religion." A quick sampling of other contributors includes Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Chief Seattle, Anonymous (many different times, from many different cultures), and Jack Prelutsky. The illustrators, 10 in all, are as diverse and talented as the authors. The compiler, Liz Attenborough, promotes these selections as a basis for meditation, and each of the 10 sections ends with a special meditation piece, but this is, first of all, an excellent, thought-provoking collection of verse. (Ages 5 to 12) --Richard Farr