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Lullaby (for a Black Mother)

Lullaby (for a Black Mother) - Hardcover

by Langston Hughes
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Langston Hughes, Sean Qualls (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:3/19/2013Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:Clarion BooksISBN-13:9780547362656ISBN-10:054736265XUPC:9780547362656Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Bedtime & Dreams, African American & Black, FamilyBook Topic:ParentsSize:10.10 x 9.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC65H6MWXT

With graceful words as smooth as a song, the poet Langston Hughes celebrates the love between a mother and her baby. This picture book edition is a gift to share.

Award-winning illustrator Sean Qualls's painted and collaged artwork captures universally powerful maternal moments with tenderness. In the end, readers will find a rare photo of baby Hughes and his mother, a biographical note, further reading, and the complete lullaby. Like little love-ones, this beautiful book is a treasure.

"My little dark baby, / My little earth-thing, / My little love-one, / What shall I sing / For your lullaby?"

Language:EnglishPublisher:Clarion BooksISBN-13:9780547362656ISBN-10:054736265XUPC:9780547362656Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Bedtime & Dreams, African American & Black, FamilyBook Topic:ParentsSize:10.10 x 9.10 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC65H6MWXT

The American poet Langston Hughes (1902-1967) penned many well-known poems, such as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "I, Too, Sing America," and "The Dream Keeper."

Sean Qualls received a Coretta Scott King Honor for Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford. He lives in Brooklyn with his family. Visit him at www.seanqualls.com.
Publisher: Clarion Books

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Langston Hughes, Sean Qualls (Illustrator)

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Langston Hughes

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