Lullaby (for a Black Mother)

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?"

ISBN-13: 9780547362656

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Clarion Books

Publication Date: 03-19-2013

Pages: 32

Product Dimensions: 10.10h x 9.10w x 0.50d

Age Range: 4 - 7 Years

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."