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English
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The opening line of this call and response style verse asks the question that forms the thread throughout – Blues, what you mean to me? In a magnificent collaboration of words, art, and song, a timeline of the blues is presented in a soulful reading and dramatic musical accompaniment that offers a compelling evocation of the blues experience. A Live Oak Media audio production.
4) Angels
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems which show angels guiding, comforting, and protecting African American children during milestones in their lives as well as in the course of everyday activities.
9) Black magic
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Presents a poem celebrating the African-American experience and what it means to be part of a strong, proud, and free people.
14) Gingerbread days
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Poems for each month of the year celebrate the themes of family love, individuality, and Afro-American identity.
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Language
English
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Acclaimed writer Walter Dean Myers celebrates the people of Harlem with these powerful and soulful first-person poems in the voices of the residents who make up the legendary neighborhood: basketball players, teachers, mail carriers, jazz artists, maids, veterans, nannies, students, and more. Exhilarating and electric, these poems capture the energy and resilience of a neighborhood and a people.
17) Who look at me
Author
Publisher
Thomas Y. Crowell
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English
Description
"A poem exploring the condition, feelings, and ideas of blacks in a white society illustrated by reproductions of paintings depicting the life of blacks in America throughout history." --
19) Honey, I love
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Series
Language
English
Description
A young girl expresses what she loves about life.
20) Harlem: a poem
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem.
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