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Lullaby (for a Black Mother)

by Langston Hughes

A lullaby shaped by a mother’s love

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A lullaby shaped by a mother’s love

Langston Hughes’s poem addresses a mother singing to her baby, with its affectionate language and question of what to sing forming the book’s center. Sean Qualls’s painted and collaged illustrations accompany the poem in board-book format. The volume also includes a photograph of Hughes as a baby with his mother, a biographical note, further reading, and the complete lullaby, adding biographical context to the poem’s intimate subject.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For families sharing poetry with babies and toddlers
  • For readers interested in illustrated poetry about the bond between mother and child
  • For those seeking a children’s book with a biographical note and further reading

Themes

Mother-and-baby loveLullabiesPoetryFamily and childhood

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Book overview

This beloved poem by Langston Hughes, illustrated by the award-winning Sean Qualls, is an irresistible celebration of the love between mother and baby, now available in board book format.

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?"


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