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In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies

Title
In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies / collected by Alice McGill ; pictures by Michael Cummings.
Author
McGill, Alice.
Publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
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TextUse in library Sc+ F 01-204Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
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Additional Authors
  • Cummings, Michael, 1945-
  • Schomburg Children's Collection.
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 26 cm. +
Summary
A collection of lullabies orally transmitted by African-American slaves revealing their hardships and sorrows as well as soothing notes of well-being and belief in a better time to come.
Subject
  • Children's poetry, American > African American authors > History and criticism > Juvenile literature
  • Lullabies, English > United States > African American authors > History and criticism > Juvenile literature
  • Children's poetry, American > African American authors
  • Lullabies, English > United States > African American authors
  • Slavery in literature > Juvenile literature
  • Mother and child > Juvenile poetry
  • African Americans > Juvenile poetry
  • Sleep > Juvenile poetry
Call Number
Sc+ F 01-204
ISBN
0395857554
LCCN
97020269
OCLC
36942522
Author
McGill, Alice.
Title
In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies / collected by Alice McGill ; pictures by Michael Cummings.
Imprint
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
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Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Cummings, Michael, 1945-
Schomburg Children's Collection.
Research Call Number
Sc+ F 01-204
Sc CD-1306 [audio disc]
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