The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

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. Read more Continue reading Read less FROM BOOKLIST
Gr. 4-12. Hughes' classic poetry collection, originally published for young people in 1932, is reissued here in a handsome new edition. It includes seven additional poems, a fine introduction by Lee Bennett Hopkins, and a personal afterword by Augusta Baker. Black-and-white scratchboard illustrations in Pinkney's signature style express the emotion and beat of the poetry, the laughter that hides pain, the celebration and the struggle of the African American experience, and the music of the weary blues. The poems are as powerful today as they were 60 years ago, colloquial and direct yet mysterious and complex. The simplicity of these lines makes them accessible to middle-graders but doesn't detract from their appeal to older readers. As Hopkins says, "Poem: I loved my friend" has become an elegy for separation and loss. History and the most private feeling "mingle themselves softly" in the voices that "cross and recross" here. Demanding to be spoken aloud, the words sing for all of us. There's no better way to show kids that poetry is about them than to share this collection. Hazel Rochman --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Originally published in 1932, this edition of Hughes's vibrant poems includes seven additional poems and is enhanced by dynamic scratchboard art. All ages.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. REVIEW
"There's no better way to show kids what poetry is about than to share this collection."--Booklist.


From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. FROM THE INSIDE FLAP
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. --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Langston Hughes, is the most widely recognized African-American poet of the twentieth century. Born in Mississippi in 1902, he spent most of his adult life in Harlem, where he died in 1967.Brian Pinkney has received two Caldecott Honors, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.


From the Hardcover edition. --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. FROM THE BACK COVER
"There's no better way to show kids what poetry is about than to share this collection."--Booklist. --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. Read more Continue reading Read less