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Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry
By Bryan, Ashley
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68981-209-5
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1997
K-Gr 4 The alphabet takes a back seat to the poetry and is lightheartedly wrestled into compliance as an organizational device in this exultant celebration of African-American writers. Each full-page entry features a short poem or poem fragment, surrounded by Bryan's vivid tempera and gouache paintings. To make this work as an alphabet book, the artist often takes the featured letter from a word within the poem, sometimes even a letter within a wo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
