Lullaby (for a Black Mother)

By Langston Hughes

Book Overview

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?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 054736265X
• ISBN13: 9780547362656
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.1" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2