The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
Illus. in black-and-white. This classic collection of poetry is available in a handsome new gift edition that includes seven additional poems written after The Dream Keeper was first published. In a larger format, featuring Brian Pinkney's scratchboard art on every spread, Hughes's inspirational message to young people is as relevant today as it was in 1932.
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The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
Illus. in black-and-white. This classic collection of poetry is available in a handsome new gift edition that includes seven additional poems written after The Dream Keeper was first published. In a larger format, featuring Brian Pinkney's scratchboard art on every spread, Hughes's inspirational message to young people is as relevant today as it was in 1932.
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The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

by Langston Hughes
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

by Langston Hughes

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Overview

Illus. in black-and-white. This classic collection of poetry is available in a handsome new gift edition that includes seven additional poems written after The Dream Keeper was first published. In a larger format, featuring Brian Pinkney's scratchboard art on every spread, Hughes's inspirational message to young people is as relevant today as it was in 1932.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780307803153
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 10/26/2011
Sold by: Random House
Format: eBook
Pages: 96
Sales rank: 251,716
Lexile: 1150L (what's this?)
File size: 12 MB
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Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Langston Hughes, is the most widely recognized African-American poet of the twentieth century. Born in Mississippi in 1902, he spent most of his adult life in Harlem, where he died in 1967.Brian Pinkney has received two Caldecott Honors, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.

Table of Contents

Introductionx
The Dream Keeper
The Dream Keeper2
Winter Moon3
Dreams4
Winter Sweetness4
April Rain Song6
Joy7
After Many Springs8
Quiet Girl9
Fairies10
Autumn Thought11
Poem12
Sea Charm
Sea Charm14
Water-Front Streets15
Long Trip16
Death of an Old Seaman17
Seascape18
Sailor18
Irish Wake20
Beggar Boy21
Parisian Beggar Woman22
Mexican Market Woman23
Sea Calm24
Dressed Up
A Note on Blues26
Dressed Up27
Bound No'th Blues28
Song29
The Weary Blues30
Negro Dancers32
Song for a Banjo Dance34
Reasons Why35
Minstrel Man36
Po' Boy Blues37
When Sue Wears Red38
A Black Pierrot39
Wide River41
Passing Love42
Homesick Blues43
Night and Morn44
Feet o'Jesus
Feet o'Jesus46
Baby47
Ma Lord48
Judgment Day49
Lullaby50
Prayer52
Sinner53
Prayer Meeting54
Walkers with the Dawn
Walkers with the Dawn56
Dream Variation57
The Negro59
My People60
Sun Song61
The Negro Speaks of Rivers62
I, Too63
Mother to Son64
Youth65
Alabama Earth66
Lincoln Monument: Washington67
Aunt Sue's Stories68
As I Grew Older70
African Dance72
Additional Poems
Snail74
Stars75
Dream Dust76
Color76
Daybreak in Alabama77
Merry-Go-Round79
In Time of Silver Rain80
A Personal Note82
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