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Lullaby (for a Black Mother)
by Hughes, Langston
Single ParentThis book primarily contains one parent or a single parent family.
BlackThis book contains predominantly Black people and/or Black culture and/or the main character is Black.
Synopsis
With graceful words as smooth as a song, the poet Langston Hughes celebrates the love between a mother and her baby. This picture book edition is a gift to share.
Award-winning illustrator Sean Qualls’s painted and collaged artwork captures universally powerful maternal moments with tenderness. In the end, readers will find a rare photo of baby Hughes and his mother, a biographical note, further reading, and the complete lullaby. Like little love-ones, this beautiful book is a treasure.
“My little dark baby, / My little earth-thing, / My little love-one, / What shall I sing / For your lullaby?"