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Lullaby for a Black mother : a poem  Cover Image Book Book

Lullaby for a Black mother : a poem / by Langston Hughes ; illustrated by Sean Qualls.

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (Author). Qualls, Sean. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0358566150 (bo.)
  • ISBN: 9780358566151 (bo.)
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 19 cm
  • Publisher: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Cover title.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 14.99
Subject: Infants > Juvenile poetry.
Mother and child > Juvenile poetry.
African Americans > Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
Lullabies, English > United States.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch BB Hughe 31681020191144 BOARDBOOK Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    A board book adaptation of Langston Hughes’ beloved poem celebrates the endearing love between a mother and a baby and is complemented by painted collage illustrations, a biographical note and recommendations for further reading. Illustrations.
  • Baker & Taylor
    A board book adaptation of Langston Hughes's beloved poem celebrates the endearing love between a mother and a baby and is complemented by painted collage illustrations.
  • HARPERCOLL

    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?"


  • Houghton
    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.

    “My little dark baby, / My little earth-thing, / My little love-one, / What shall I sing / For your lullaby?" With gracefully chosen words as smooth as a song, the poet Langston Hughes celebrates the love between an African American mother and her baby. Award-winning illustrator Sean Qualls’s painted and collaged artwork captures universally powerful maternal moments with tenderness and whimsy. Like little love-ones, this beautiful book is a treasure. Now in board book format.

  • Houghton
    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.

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