The Song of Celestine: Inspired by "The Celestine Prophecy"

Celestine Prophecy

by James Redfield, Dee Lillegard, Dean Morrissey (Illustrator)

The Celestine Prophecy is one of the most widely read books of our time. Its insights have struck deep and universal chords. Now those insights have inspired this handsome illustrated book.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Spirituality, Picture Books

48 pages, Hardcover

First published July 30, 1998

About the author

James Redfield is the author of The Celestine Prophecy and The Tenth Insight. He writes widely on the topic of human spiritual awareness and is active in the worldwide effort to save our last remaining wilderness areas. James lives with his wife, Salle, and cat, Meredith, in Alabama and Arizona.

Reviews

[Chad]

Since before our first child was born, I have read this book almost every single night. We read it to him while he was still in the womb. We tell it to our children at bed-time almost every single night to this day. I have it so thorougly memorized, I could probably type the entire text of the book faster than most people could read it.

[Mir]

I haven't read the Celestine Prophecy itself, which I suspect you need to do in order for this to make sense. But it was certainly, um... something. And the pictures were pretty.

[Lori]

The Song of Celestine by James Redfield and Dee Lillegard, and beautifully illustrated by Dean Morrissey, is a children’s book based on the best-seller The Celestine Prophesy by James Redfield. The story is told in rhyme, which sometimes feels a little forced. The focus is in “Pay attention—now and to the past. To flowers. To faces....Home. Love. Dream. Share. Rejoice.” Apparently this is the central message of The Celestine Prophesy, but this children’s version comes across as superficial without the how and why.

[Sarah]

The illustrations almost make this book worthwhile on their own, but you may as well look at them and make up your own story because there's no story to be found in the rhymes. A child named Celestine wanders from one place to the next and we're given some Words of Importance and a moral about how the past is present, but none of these things really seem to mean anything in the context of Celestine's journeys. I guess he does get "home" at the end. The whole thing is kind of just perplexing. I guess it's just a feel-good rhyme?

Yeah, I won't be passing this one along.

[Sean Harding]

I read the Celestine Prophecy in the late nineties, it was on a list of books in a challenge to read the whole list, and I found it total bunkum. I notice from the series of books that the famous nine isights that you needed has now grown to twelve. Anyway this is a picture book based on the whole money making exercise for Redfield and is just as silly as everything else in this world view.

[Heather]

Beautiful illustrations and poetically written. Lovely book!

[B. Morya]

Magical book with exquisite illustrations. I felt like each page could be hanging in a gallery. The messages throughout the book served valuable lessons for child and adult. Putting this on my list to purchase.

[Diane]

Wonderful art work, love how nearly every painting has a grey squirrel hidden in them.

[Lisa]

Great illustrations!

[Waters Dragonfriend]

I thought this was a great kids adaptation

[Kristin ❀]

I loved this book as a child when my father would read it to me, but it is still magical and mesmerizing every single time I still read it.

[Sarah]

I love the uniqueness of this book and the illustrations are beautifully done.

[Cynthia]

enjoyable