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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2013 | Preschool to Grade 4
PreS—Presented for the first time as a full-length picture book, Hughes's lyrical poem comes to life through Qualls's lush collage-style illustration. The poem, originally part of The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (Knopf, 1932), celebrates the love between a mother and her child and the quiet rituals of putt...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2013
"My little dark baby, / My little earth-thing, / My little love-one, / What shall I sing / For your lullaby?" So begins the poem first published by Langston Hughes in 1932 in The Dream Keeper and Other Poems. Not all poems make for great picture book texts, but this one has just the right cadence and all the right line breaks for smooth page turns, especially when accompanied ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
