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Title

Make a joyful sound : poems for children by African-American poets / illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu ; edited by Deborah Slier.

Publication

New York : Scholastic, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Van Wright, Cornelius.
• Hu, Ying-Hwa.
• Slier, Debby.
• Turner, Elizabeth.
• Patrick, Denise Lewis.
• Schomburg Children's Collection.

Description

107 p. : col. ill.; 29 cm.

Summary

A collection of traditional and contemporary poems covering a wide range of topics focusing on the African-American experience.

Subjects

• African Americans > Juvenile poetry
• Children's poetry, American > African American authors

Note

• "Poems selected by Deborah Slier Shine, Elizabeth Turner, and Denise Lewis Patrick"--T.p. verso.
• Includes indexes.

Contents

Nationhood / Useni Eugene Perkins -- By myself / Eloise Greenfield -- Timmy and Tawanda / Gwendolyn Brooks -- September / Lucille Clifton -- Knoxville, Tennessee / Nikki Giovanni -- Summer vacation / Karama Fufuka -- Poem / Langston Hughes -- Rudolph is tired of the city / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Parades / Karama Fufuka -- John Coltrane ditty / Dakari Kamau Hru -- Little soul sister / Useni Eugene Perkins -- Willimae's cornrows / Nanette Mellage -- Crown / Dakari Kamau Hru -- Black is beautiful / Useni Eugene Perkins -- In the playground / Abiodun Oyewole -- Milehigh Jeff the giant hare ; Sorry, sorry Mrs. Lorry / Nanette Mellage -- April rain song / Langston Hughes -- Things / Eloise Greenfield -- For peace sake / Cedric McClester -- Rhapsody / William Stanley Braithwaite -- Hope ; My people / Langston Hughes -- What color is black? / Barbara Mahone -- Africa / Abiodun Oyewole -- Color / Langston Hughes -- Haiku / Sonia Sanchez -- #4 / Doughtry Long -- Pretty brown baby / Karama Fufuka -- Ayo / Useni Eugene Perkins -- A welcome song for Laini Nzinga / Gwendolyn Brooks -- The mask / Dakari Kamau Hru -- Aunt Sue's stories / Langston Hughes -- "Kwanzaa is ..." / Cedric McClester -- Harriet Tubman / Eloise Greenfield -- Lullaby / Langston Hughes -- Who can be born black / Mari Evans -- A protest poem for Rosa Parks / Abiodun Oyewole -- Ballad of John Henry ; Martin Luther King Jr. / Useni Eugene Perkins -- A poem for "Magic" / Quincy Troupe -- Pigeons and peanuts for sale / Nanette Mellage -- Big Mama / Karama Fufuka -- Fine Black kinfolk / Dakari Kamau Hru -- Brothers / Langston Hughes -- Andre / Gwendolyn Brooks -- My daddy is a cool dude / Karama Fufuka -- Love don't mean / Eloise Greenfield --To Don at Salaam / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Father to son / Alfred L. Woods -- Mother to son / Langston Hughes -- Who am I / Kali Grosvenor -- Under the mistletoe / Countee Cullen -- Hey Black child / Useni Eugene Perkins -- August 8 / Norman Jordan -- Snail / Langston Hughes -- Tommy / Gwendolyn Brooks -- Kick and live / G.W. Porter -- To catch a fish / Nanette Mellage -- I love the sea / Alfred M. Cruikshank -- Mocking bird / Nanette Mellage -- All I am ; One day / Abiodun Oyewole -- Flying kites / Quincy Troupe -- The poet speaks / John Henrik Clarke -- Butterfly ; Moving right along / Abiodun Oyewole -- Your world / Georgia Douglas Johnson -- If sometimes blue / Alfred L. Woods -- Fireflies / Quincy Troupe -- Another mountain / Abiodun Oyewole -- Winter poem / Nikki Giovanni -- Science ... / Gordon Nelson -- Dreams ; The dream keeper / Langston Hughes.

Call Number

Sc F 93-195

ISBN

0590674323 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95024413 /AC

OCLC

32822282

Title

Make a joyful sound : poems for children by African-American poets / illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu ; edited by Deborah Slier.

Imprint

New York : Scholastic, 1996.

Added Author

Van Wright, Cornelius. Illustrator

Hu, Ying-Hwa. Illustrator

Slier, Debby.

Turner, Elizabeth.

Patrick, Denise Lewis.

Schomburg Children's Collection.

Research Call Number

Sc F 93-195

Sc F 96-194