Lullaby (for a Black Mother)

With graceful words as smooth as a song, the poet Langston Hughes celebrates the love between a...
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Author: Langston Hughes
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Lullaby (for a Black Mother) by Hughes, Langston

Lullaby (for a Black Mother)

¥4,617

Lullaby (for a Black Mother)

¥4,617
Author: Langston Hughes
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

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?"



Author: Langston Hughes
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 03/19/2013
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 10.10h x 9.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780547362656
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2013 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 02/04/2013
School Library Journal 02/01/2013 pg. 94
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2013
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2013 pg. 103
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author

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.

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