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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?""

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Hughes' classic lullaby gets a loving lift with Quall's graceful artwork. <br>-- Booklist

Hughes' classic lullaby gets a loving lift with Quall's graceful artwork. <br>-- Booklist<br><br> A wonderful celebration of both love and poetry. <br>-- School Library Journal <br><br> A quiet but welcome introduction to the writer's work for the very young. <br>-- Publishers Weekly

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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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