Lullaby (for a Black Mother) Board Book

By Langston Hughes

Book Overview

This beloved poem by Langston Hughes, illustrated by the award-winning Sean Qualls, is an irresistible celebration of the love between mother and baby, now available in board book format.

Award-winning illustrator Sean Qualls's painted and collaged artwork captures universally powerful maternal moments with tenderness. 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.

"My little dark baby, / My little earth-thing, / My little love-one, / What shall I sing / For your lullaby?"

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0358566150
• ISBN13: 9780358566151
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 20 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool