Spin a Soft Black Song: Poems for Children

by Nikki Giovanni, George Martins (Illustrator)

Overview

Spin a Soft Black Song is an illustrated poetry collection from Caldecott Honor and Langston Hughes Medal award-winning author Nikki Giovanni.

With black-and-white art from George Martins, this revised edition of the classic collection features thirty-five poems for and about black children—written from their perspective—celebrating the energy and joy of young life within their own communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780374464691
Publisher:	Square Fish
Publication date:	04/01/1987
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.23(w) x 7.64(h) x 0.18(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Nikki Giovanni is the author of Lincoln and Douglass,Spin a Soft Black Song, The Sun Is So Quiet, and the Caldecott Honor Book Rosa. Her autobiography Gemini was a finalist for the National Book Award, and several of her books have received NAACP Image Awards. She was the first recipient of the Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award, and has been awarded the Langston Hughes Medal for poetry.

Editorial Reviews

Martins' black-and-white drawings exude action and feeling, and the elements he chose to illustrate are perceptive and sensitive...A fine addition to the poetry shelves.” —Booklist

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