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Author:

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.

Title:

Langston Hughes / edited by Arnold Rampersad & David Roessel ; illustrations by Benny Andrews.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.

Other Authors:

Rampersad, Arnold.
Roessel, David E. (David Ernest), 1954-
Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006.

Notes:

"This edition is only available for distribution through the school market"--P. [4] of cover. Includes index.

Contents:

Negro speaks of rivers -- Aunt Sue's stories -- Danse Africaine -- Mother to son -- When Sue wears red -- My people -- Youth -- Dream variations -- Dream keeper -- Walkers with the dawn -- I, too -- Weary blues -- Homesick blues -- Hey! -- Hey! Hey! -- Afro-American fragment -- Genius child -- Note on commercial theatre -- Merry-go-round -- Words like freedom -- Still here -- I dream a world -- Final curve -- Theme for English -- Harlem -- Drums.

Summary:

A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.

Series:

Poetry for young people

ISBN:

9780439889070
0439889073

OCLC:

(OCoLC)78547663

Locations:

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)