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Soul looks back in wonder / [illustrated by] Tom Feelings ; [poems by Maya Angelou and others].

Feelings, Tom, (illustrator.). Angelou, Maya, (poet.). Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010 (poet.). De Veaux, Alexis, 1948- (poet.). Evans, Mari, (poet.). Holmes, Darryl, (poet.). Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 (poet.). Ismaili, Rashidah, (poet.). Madhubuti, Haki R., 1942- (poet.). Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014 (poet.). Okantah, Mwatabu, (poet.). Redmond, Eugene, (poet.). Touré, Askia M., (poet.). Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998 (poet.).

Summary:

Artwork and poems by such writers as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Askia Toure portray the creativity, strength, and beauty of their African American heritage.

Item details

ISBN: 0803710011
ISBN: 9780803710016
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Dial Books, [1993]
Copyright: ©1993

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Mother of brown-ness / Margaret Walker -- Look at us / Darryl Holmes -- Boyz n search of their soular system / Eugene B. Redmond -- To you / Langston Hughes -- History of my people / Walter Dean Myers -- Window morning / Mwatabu Okantah -- Destiny / Haki R. Madhubuti -- I love the look of words / Maya Angelou -- Africa you are beautiful / Rashidah Ismaili -- Rhythms, harmonies, ancestors (a spirit rap) / Askia M. Touré -- I am the creativity / Alexis De Veaux -- Under the rainbow / Lucille Clifton -- Who can be born black / Mari Evans.

Awards Note:

Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 1994.

Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor, 1994

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Subject:

American poetry > African American authors.
African Americans > Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
American poetry > African American authors
African Americans > Poetry
African Americans.
American poetry > African American authors.
Children's poetry, American.
Coretta Scott King Award

Genre:

Children's poetry.
Odes.
Juvenile works.
Poetry.
Odes.
Dust jackets (Bindings) > 1993.
Children's poetry, American.

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