Product Details
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, January 2009
Hardcover, 40 pages
ISBN-10: 1416935401
ISBN-13: 9781416935407
Grades: P - 3
Awards and Nominations
- ALA Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- Bank Street Best Books of the Year - with Outstanding Merit
- Capitol Choices List (DC)
- CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
- Kirkus Best Children's Book
- NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
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Description
Langston Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribue to his people has been cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Charles R. Smith Jr. interprets this beloved poem in vivid sepia photographs that capture the glory, the beauty, and the soul of being a black American today.
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1. Author Charles R. Smith, Jr.: Revealed01:1927798202001 -
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4. Get to Know Illustrator Charles R. Smith, Jr.01:1927791771001 -
5. Charles R. Smith Jr.: My People00:5916492515001
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Huffington Post, December 2, 2009
...gets, the path is lit by the power of words. My favorites lately: For celebrating and discussing humanity: My People, Langston Hughes, Charles R. Smith, Jr. A photographic interpretation of the great Langston Hughes poem. "The night is ...
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