Lullaby (for a Black Mother) - Hardcover

by Langston Hughes (Author), Sean Qualls (Illustrator)

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?"

Author Biography

The American poet Langston Hughes (1902-1967) penned many well-known poems, such as "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "I, Too, Sing America," and "The Dream Keeper."

Sean Qualls received a Coretta Scott King Honor for Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford. He lives in Brooklyn with his family. Visit him at www.seanqualls.com.