Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes (100th Anniversary Edition)
- ISBN-10
- 1454943750
- ISBN-13
- 9781454943754
- Series
- Poetry for Young People
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 60
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-06
- Publisher
- Poetry for Young People
- Author
- Langston Hughes
Description
Celebrate 100 years of Langston Hughes's powerful poetry. A Coretta Scott King Honor Award recipient, Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes includes 26 of the poet's most influential pieces, including: "Mother to Son"; "My People"; "Words Like Freedom"; "I, Too"; and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"--Hughes's first published piece, which was originally released in June 1921. This collection is curated and annotated by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, two leading poetry experts. It also features gallery-quality art by Benny Andrews and a new foreword by Renée Watson, a Newbery Honor Award recipient and founder of the I, Too Arts Collective.
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Other editions
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- 2008-03
- 52 pages
- Paperback
- Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
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- 2003
- 48 pages
- Paperback
- Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
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