Author: Langston Hughes
Illustrator: Brian Pinkney
Genre: Poetry
Themes: African American experience, pride and self-esteem
Characters: none
Awards: Horn Book Fanfare
Date of Publication: 1994
Publishing Company: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Summary: This is a reprinting of Langston Hughes original book of poetry for children published in 1932. The poems are illustrated by beautiful scratchboard illustrations that express the movement and the meter of the poetry.
Recommendation: The simple elegance of Langston Hughes’s poems make them attractive to readers of all ages. Readers in middle grades will appreciate the sing-song quality of many of his poems about the blues and the clear language used throughout the poems, while readers in older grades will enjoy the ease with which they are able to understand, connect to, and analyze the poems.
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