Overview
This beloved poem by Langston Hughes, illustrated by the award-winning Sean Qualls, is an irresistible celebration of the love between mother and baby, now available in board book format. 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?""
Full Product Details
Author: Langston Hughes ,
Sean Qualls
Publisher: Clarion Books
Imprint: Clarion Books
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 18.80cm
Weight: 0.204kg
ISBN: 9780358566151
ISBN 10: 0358566150
Pages: 20
Publication Date: 28 September 2021
Recommended Age: From 3 to 5 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Board book
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Hughes' classic lullaby gets a loving lift with Quall's graceful artwork. --Booklist A wonderful celebration of both love and poetry. --School Library Journal A quiet but welcome introduction to the writer's work for the very young. --Publishers Weekly Share with little ones needing a gentle lullaby. --Kirkus Not all poems make for great picture book texts, but this one has just the right cadence and all the right line breaks for smooth page turns, especially when accompanied by Qualls's superb art showing the deep bond between a mother and her baby at bedtime. --Horn Book--No Source
Hughes' classic lullaby gets a loving lift with Quall's graceful artwork. --Booklist A wonderful celebration of both love and poetry. --School Library Journal A quiet but welcome introduction to the writer's work for the very young. --Publishers Weekly Share with little ones needing a gentle lullaby. --Kirkus Not all poems make for great picture book texts, but this one has just the right cadence and all the right line breaks for smooth page turns, especially when accompanied by Qualls's superb art showing the deep bond between a mother and her baby at bedtime. --Horn Book
Author Information
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. www.seanqualls.com.
