Washoe County Library System

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South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.54 PAS 1993
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Description

An illustrated collection of poetry by such Afro-American poets as Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Eloise Greenfield, and Lucille Clifton.

Remembering Ashley Bryan (1923-2022)

2) I, too, sing America: three centuries of African-American poetry

Publisher

Published by Audio Bookshelf

Pub. Date

2000

Language

English

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CD Book
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South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction - Audiobook Shelf
J CD 811.08 I 2000 UNABRIDGED
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Description

A collection of poems by African-American writers, including Lucy Terry, Gwendolyn Bennett, and Alice Walker.

Remembering Ashley Bryan (1923-2022)

3) Ashley Bryan's ABC of African-American poetry

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1997

Language

English

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South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.54 ASH 1997
1 available

Description

Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a line from a poem by different African American poets, describing an aspect of the black experience.

4) In the hollow of your hand: slave lullabies

Author

McGill, Alice

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

2000

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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South Valleys Library - Children's Picture Books
J READ ALONG MCG
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Description

A collection of lullabies orally transmitted by African-American slaves revealing their hardships and sorrows as well as soothing notes of well-being and belief in a better time to come.

5) The dream keeper and other poems

Author

Hughes, Langston

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

c1932

Language

English

On Shelf

North Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.52 HUG 1994
1 available

Description

A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black experience.

6) Hip hop speaks to children: a celebration of poetry with a beat

Publisher

Sourcebooks Jabberwocky

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

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South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 811.08 HIP 2008
1 available