Works for Children and Young Adults (Lh11): Poetry, Fiction, and Other Writing Volume 11

by Langston Hughes and Dianne Johnson

Throughout his long career as a poet, fiction writer, and chronicler of the situation of blacks throughout the world, Langston Hughes also wrote books for children. Whether fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, these works are true literature into which he put much research, thought, creative energy, and love. His young readers then and now can sense that they are just as important as his adult audience, while adult readers can appreciate the skill of a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826214983
• ISBN13: 9780826214980
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5