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Children's poetry, American.
African Americans. Juvenile poetry.
African Americans. Poetry.
American poetry. African American authors.
Hughes' classic poetry collection, originally published for young people in 1932, is reissued here in a handsome new edition. It includes seven additional poems, a fine introduction by Lee Bennett Hopkins, and a personal afterword by Augusta Baker. Black-and-white scratchboard illustrations in Pinkney's signature style express the emotion and beat of the poetry, the laughter that hides pain, the celebration and the struggle of the African American experience, and the music of the weary blues. The poems are as powerful today as they were 60 years ago, colloquial and direct yet mysterious and complex. The simplicity of these lines makes them accessible to middle-graders but doesn't detract from their appeal to older readers. As Hopkins says, Poem: I loved my friend has become an elegy for separation and loss. History and the most private feeling mingle themselves softly in the voices that cross and recross here. Demanding to be spoken aloud, the words sing for all of us. There's no better way to show kids that poetry is about them than to share this collection. (Reviewed Mar. 15, 1994)
Horn BookPinkney brings a vigorous, contemporary look to the pictures that accompany each of Hughes's sixty-six poems, which, though written over a quarter century ago, have the same strength of meaning and power as if written for today's readers. The splendid combination of timeless words and timely illustrations includes seven selections that did not appear in earlier editions.
Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)Originally published in 1932, this edition of Hughes's vibrant poems includes seven additional poems and is enhanced by dynamic scratchboard art. All ages. (Dec.)
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ILA Teacher's Choice Award
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Wilson's Children's Catalog
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Illus. in black-and-white. This classic collection of poetry is available in a handsome new gift edition that includes seven additional poems written after The Dream Keeper was first published. In a larger format, featuring Brian Pinkney's scratchboard art on every spread, Hughes's inspirational message to young people is as relevant today as it was in 1932.
Winter moon
Dreams
Winter sweetness
April rain song
Joy
After many springs
Quiet girl
Fairies
Autumn thought
Poems
Sea charm
Water-front streets
Long trip
Death of an old seaman
Seascape
Sailor
Irish wake
Beggar boy
Parisian beggar woman
Mexican market woman
Sea calm
Dressed up
Bound no'th blues
Song
The weary blues
Negro dancers
Song for a banjo dance
Reasons why
Minstrel man
Po' boy blues
When Sue wears red
A black pierror
Wide river
Passing love
Homesick blues
Night and morn
Feet o' Jesus
Baby
Ma Lord
Judgement Day
Lullaby
Prayer
Sinner
Prayer meeting
Walkers with the dawn
Dream variation
The negro
My people
Sun song
The negro speaks of rivers
I, too
Mother to son
Youth
Alabama earth
Lincoln Monument: Washington
Aunt Sue's stories
As I grew older
African dance
Snail
Stars
Dream dust
Color
Daybreak in Alabama
Merry-go-round
In time of silver rain.