Lullaby (for a Black Mother): Illustrated Board Book of Langston Hughes’s Tender Celebration of Black Motherhood
Pages: 32
|Published: 19 Mar 2013
Description
“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. Like little love-ones, this beautiful book is a treasure.
The award-winning illustrator Sean Qualls’s painted and collaged artwork captures universally powerful maternal moments with tenderness and whimsy. Like little love-ones, this beautiful book is a treasure.
