The Dream Keeper: And Other Poems
by Langston Hughes (Author)
Illus. in black-and-white. This classic collection of poetry is available in a handsome new gift edition that includes seven additional poems written after "The Dream Keeper" was first published. In a larger format, featuring Brian Pinkney's scratchboard art on every spread, Hughes's inspirational message to young people is as relevant today as it was in 1932.
"There's no better way to show kids what poetry is about than to share this collection."-- Booklist
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Originally published in 1932, this edition of Hughes's vibrant poems includes seven additional poems and is enhanced by dynamic scratchboard art. All ages. (Dec.)
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"There's no better way to show kids what poetry is about than to share this collection."—Booklist.
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was born in Joplin, Missouri, and lived much of his life in Harlem, New York. As one America's most cherished chroniclers of the black experience, known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes's work was constantly groundbreaking throughout his forty-six-year career. His poetry about the ocean and the symbolism that surrounds it stems from his travels through Africa and Europe working as a seaman. Charles R. Smith Jr. is an acclaimed poet and the Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator of My People, a picture book based on the poem by Langston Hughes. He is also the illustrator of If, the author and photographer of I Am the World, and he won the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for his book Twelve Rounds To Glory. He grew up in California and attended the Brooks Institute of Photography. A magazine and book cover photographer in addition to a picture book creator, Charles lives with his wife and kids in Poughkeepsie, New York. Visit him at CharlesRSmithJr.com.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780679883470
Lexile Measure
1150
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Publication date
December 19, 1996
Series
-
BISAC categories
JNF042000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
Library of Congress categories
African Americans
American poetry
Children's poetry, American
African American authors
American poetry
Children's poetry, American
African American authors
