Awards

• Commended for Audies (Children Ages Up to 8) 2009
• Commended for Moonbeam Children's Book Award (Children's Poetry) 2009
• Winner of NAPPA Gold Awards (Pop-Up Books/Kits) 2008

Overview

A groundbreaking new anthology of rhymes and rhythms! Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat. Like Poetry Speaks to Children, the classic book and CD that started it all, it's meant to be the beginning of a journey of discovery. Readers can immerse themselves in 51 selections from 42 poets and performers, and 30 performances on the audio CD, many recorded especially for this collection. Some tracks on the CD are performed by the artists who created them, others are unique interpretations by admiring poets and artists. Hear a musical interpretation of Sterling Brown's poem ""Long Track Blues"" and a youth performance of Elizabeth Swados's poem ""Me"" plus much more!

Full Product Details

Author:   Alicia Vergel de Dios ,  Damian Ward ,  Nikki Giovanni ,  Kristen Balouch
Publisher:   Sourcebooks, Inc
Imprint:   Sourcebooks Explore
Dimensions:   Width: 24.10cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 27.30cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9781402210488

ISBN 10:   1402210485
Pages:   80
Publication Date:   01 October 2008
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 14 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Artist / Poet Title Track A Tribe Called Quest Ham 'N' Eggs Aesop Rock No Regrets Angela Shannon First Signature Antwone Fisher Who Will Cry for the Little Boy? Benjamin Zephaniah For Words Calef Brown Funky Snowman Charles R. Smith Allow me to Introduce Myself Claude McKay If We Must Die COMMON Love Is Elizabeth Swados Me Eloise Greenfield Books Eloise Greenfield Oh, Words Eloise Greenfield Things Gary Soto Music for Fun and Profit Gil Scott-Heron I think I'll Call it Morning Gwendolyn Brooks Aloneness Gwendolyn Brooks We Real Cool Hope Anita Smith Audition Ja Jahannes If We Forget Jacqueline Woodson Hip Hop Rules the World James Berry Taking Action James Berry People Equal James Weldon Johnson The Creation Jill Scott It's Love Kanye West Hey Mama Langston Hughes Harlem Night Song Langston Hughes The Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes Dream Boogie Langston Hughes Dream Variations Lauryn Hill Everything is Everything Lucille Clifton why some people be mad at me sometimes Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have A Dream Maya Angelou Harlem Hopscotch Mos Def Umi Says Nikki Giovanni Ego Tripping Nikki Giovanni The Rosa Parks Nikki Giovanni The Girls in the Circle Nikki Grimes Doubtless Oscar Brown, jr Dat Dere Paul Laurence Dunbar We Wear the Mask Pedro Pietri Love Poem for My People Queen Latifah Ladies First Ruth Forman Waitin on Summer Sterling Brown Long Track Blues Stetsasonic Talkin' All That Jazz Sugarhill Gang Rapper's Delight Tupac Shakur The Rose that Grew from Concrete W.E.B. DuBois The Smoke King Walter Dean Meyers Jimmy Wall, 14, Boy Evangelist William Waring Cuney No Images Young MC Principal's Office

Reviews

The beats would make any kid want to get up and dance, and I think the idea of incorporating music with the poetry will keep kids interested. - <strong><em> Savvy Verse & Wit</em> </strong>

With appeal for preliterate children, their great grandparents, and every generation between, this will be fun for families to share as they get their groove on. The variety of poetic forms and performance styles...makes this collection an excellent source of material not found together elsewhere. -- Serena M. Augusto-Cox Savvy Verse & Wit (10/14/2008) The beats would make any kid want to get up and dance, and I think the idea of incorporating music with the poetry will keep kids interested. -- Serena M. Augusto-Cox Savvy Verse & Wit (10/14/2008) The beats would make any kid want to get up and dance, and I think the idea of incorporating music with the poetry will keep kids interested. - Savvy Verse & Wit The variety of poetic forms and performance styles...makes this collection an excellent source of material not found together elsewhere. - Kirkus With appeal for preliterate children, their great grandparents, and every generation between, this will be fun for families to share as they get their groove on. - Booklist

The beats would make any kid want to get up and dance, and I think the idea of incorporating music with the poetry will keep kids interested. -- Serena M. Augusto-Cox Savvy Verse & Wit (10/14/2008)

Author Information

National Book Award nominee, Spoken Word Grammy nominee and New York Times best-selling author Nikki Giovanni leads an advisory board comprised of leading hip hop poet Willie Perdomo, Howard University professor Tony Medina, and music specialist Michele Scott.

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