| Author/Contributor(s): | Hughes, Langston ; Qualls, Sean |
| Publisher: | Clarion Books |
| Date: | 03/19/2013 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Condition: | NEW |
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?