“My little dark baby, / My little earth-thing, / My little love-one, / What shall I sing / For your lullaby?" With a few simple words as smooth as a song, the poet Langston Hughes celebrates the love between an African American mother and her baby. The award-winning illustrator Sean Qualls’s painted and collaged artwork captures universally powerful maternal moments with tenderness and whimsy. In the end, readers will find a rare photo of baby Hughes and his mother, a biographical note, further reading, and the complete lullaby. Like little love-ones, this beautiful book is a treasure.---from the publisher
32 pages 978-0547362656 Ages 4-7
Keywords: lullaby, African American and Black stories, poems, poetry, African American author, mothers, mothers/babies. family, love, 3 year old, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, diversity, diverse books
