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My People (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781416935407)
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xThis Coretta Scott King Award-winning photography book based on Langston Hughes's classic poem is perfect for kids and moving and powerful for readers of all ages. Langston Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Charles R. Smith Jr. interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today.
Author: Langston Hughes
ISBN-10: 1416935401
ISBN-13: 9781416935407
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2009
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.20h x 10.20w x 0.50d
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Winner
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Golden Archer Award - Nominee
Award: Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Winner
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/17/2008 pg. 58
Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2008 pg. 1257
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2008
School Library Journal 02/01/2009 pg. 92
Booklist 02/01/2009 pg. 56
Multicultural Review 07/01/2009 pg. 74
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2009 pg. 6
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2010 pg. 28
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Ebony 02/01/2013 pg. 73
Author: Langston Hughes
ISBN-10: 1416935401
ISBN-13: 9781416935407
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2009
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.20h x 10.20w x 0.50d
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Winner
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Golden Archer Award - Nominee
Award: Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Winner
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/17/2008 pg. 58
Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2008 pg. 1257
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2008
School Library Journal 02/01/2009 pg. 92
Booklist 02/01/2009 pg. 56
Multicultural Review 07/01/2009 pg. 74
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2009 pg. 6
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2010 pg. 28
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Ebony 02/01/2013 pg. 73
By Langston Hughes
xLangston Hughes (1902-1967) was born in Joplin, Missouri, and lived much of his life in Harlem, New York. As one America's most cherished chroniclers of the black experience, known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes's work was constantly groundbreaking throughout his forty-six-year career. His poetry about the ocean and the symbolism that surrounds it stems from his travels through Africa and Europe working as a seaman. Charles R. Smith Jr. is an acclaimed poet and the Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator of My People, a picture book based on the poem by Langston Hughes. He is also the illustrator of If, the author and photographer of I Am the World, and he won the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for his book Twelve Rounds To Glory. He grew up in California and attended the Brooks Institute of Photography. A magazine and book cover photographer in addition to a picture book creator, Charles lives with his wife and kids in Poughkeepsie, New York. Visit him at CharlesRSmithJr.com.
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