The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

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Overview

A collection of 59 poems selected by the author for young readers. Includes lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many of which explore the black experience.

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ISBN-13:	9780780768178
Publisher:	Random House Childrens Books
Publication date:	12/28/1996
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

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.

	Introduction	x
	The Dream Keeper
	The Dream Keeper	2
	Winter Moon	3
	Dreams	4
	Winter Sweetness	4
	April Rain Song	6
	Joy	7
	After Many Springs	8
	Quiet Girl	9
	Fairies	10
	Autumn Thought	11
	Poem	12
	Sea Charm
	Sea Charm	14
	Water-Front Streets	15
	Long Trip	16
	Death of an Old Seaman	17
	Seascape	18
	Sailor	18
	Irish Wake	20
	Beggar Boy	21
	Parisian Beggar Woman	22
	Mexican Market Woman	23
	Sea Calm	24
	Dressed Up
	A Note on Blues	26
	Dressed Up	27
	Bound No'th Blues	28
	Song	29
	The Weary Blues	30
	Negro Dancers	32
	Song for a Banjo Dance	34
	Reasons Why	35
	Minstrel Man	36
	Po' Boy Blues	37
	When Sue Wears Red	38
	A Black Pierrot	39
	Wide River	41
	Passing Love	42
	Homesick Blues	43
	Night and Morn	44
	Feet o'Jesus
	Feet o'Jesus	46
	Baby	47
	Ma Lord	48
	Judgment Day	49
	Lullaby	50
	Prayer	52
	Sinner	53
	Prayer Meeting	54
	Walkers with the Dawn
	Walkers with the Dawn	56
	Dream Variation	57
	The Negro	59
	My People	60
	Sun Song	61
	The Negro Speaks of Rivers	62
	I, Too	63
	Mother to Son	64
	Youth	65
	Alabama Earth	66
	Lincoln Monument: Washington	67
	Aunt Sue's Stories	68
	As I Grew Older	70
	African Dance	72
	Additional Poems
	Snail	74
	Stars	75
	Dream Dust	76
	Color	76
	Daybreak in Alabama	77
	Merry-Go-Round	79
	In Time of Silver Rain	80
	A Personal Note	82

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Originally published in 1932, this edition of Hughes's vibrant poems includes seven additional poems and is enhanced by dynamic scratchboard art. All ages. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Originally published in 1932 this 75th anniversary edition of Langston Hughes?s poetry is a treasure. Hughes?s optimistic and vibrant portrayal of the African American experience speaks to readers of any race or creed. There is a beauty captured in each of these poems that will bring the reader to them over and over again. These poems would make a strong starting point for any parent, teacher, or guardian who wishes to introduce poetry into a child?s life. The text itself contains the original poems in the collection along with seven additional poems. The additional poems were chosen because they were viewed as child-friendly. The book also includes an introduction by the children?s poet Lee Bennett Hopkins. The attractive hardcover text includes fluidly beautiful scratchboard illustrations. They enhance the reading experience and often seem to be a direct reflection of the words in each poem. This title would be an enriching and valuable asset to any elementary or junior high classroom setting. It would also be a beautiful gift for any child. Reviewer: Monserrat Urena

Children's Literature

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

"There's no better way to show kids what poetry is about than to share this collection."—Booklist.

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