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Langston Hughes / edited by David Roessel & Arnold Rampersad ; illustrations by Benny Andrews ; foreword by Ren©♭e Watson.

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (author.). Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006 (illustrator.). Rampersad, Arnold, (editor.). Roessel, David E. (David Ernest), 1954- (editor.).

Summary:

An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems by noted African-American poet Langston Hughes. Contains a detailed introduction and biography, as well as brief notes accompanying each poem.

Record details

ISBN: 1454943750
ISBN: 9781454943754
Physical Description: 52 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Edition: 100th anniversary edition.
Publisher: New York : Sterling Children's Books, 2021.
Copyright: ℗♭2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The negro speaks of rivers -- Aunt Sue's stories -- Danse Africaine -- Mother to son -- When Sue wears red -- My people -- Youth -- Dream variations -- The dream keeper -- Walkers with the dawn -- I, too -- The weary blues -- Homesick blues -- Hey! -- Hey! Hey! -- Afro-American fragment -- Genius child -- Note on Commerical Theatre -- Merry-go round -- Words like freedom -- Still here -- I dream a world -- Final curve -- Theme for English B -- Harlem -- Drums.
Target Audience Note:	NP Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.5 1 104894.