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I, Too, Sing America
This is a collection of poetry, arranged chronologically, by African-American poets. Biographies of the poets accompany their poems.
| Author: Clinton, Catherine (comp.) |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | social studies
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Celebrate America in Poetry and Art
This is a collection of poetry (from more than 100 U.S. poets) and paintings, sculpture, drawings, photographs, and other works of art-- all from the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Biographical notes and an index conclude the vo
| Author: Panzer, Nora (Ed.) |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Life Doesn't Frighten Me
In this single poem, Angelou celebrates courage to face internal and external fears, the courage that grows out of a belief in ourselves. The contemporary art is bold and child-like but may have the power to scare children. The text is repetitive and ea
Now Sheba Sings the Song
This book consists of one long poem and dozens of sketches of African-American women. It is a sensuous book that celebrates the sexuality, the history, and the strength of Black women.
Soul Looks Back in Wonder, The
This lavishly illustrated book is a collection of 13 poems by African American poets such as Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Alexis de Veaux.
| Author: Feelings, Tom |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Sweet Words So Brave
Narrated as a story told by a old, Black storyteller to a young child, the book relates the history of African American writers which is illustrated with beautiful, bold paintings by Jerry Butler. The use of different type faces may distract some readers
| Author: Curry, Barbara & Brodie, James |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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