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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
December 15, 1994
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Easy Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780195091854
ISBN-10
019509185X
Dimensions
0.75 by 10.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$17.95
Other format details
juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A formerly lost manuscript by a noted writer of the Harlem Renaissance features twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, and is accompanied by three-dimensional animal figures constructed by first, second, and third graders. UP.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Newt
Newt, newt
What can you be?
Just
A salamander, child.
That's me!
In 26 never-before-published short and wonderfully clever poems, Langston Hughes takes children through both the alphabet and the animal world. From Ape to Zebra--with bees, camels, fish, and even a unicorn in between--he paints a picture of each animal with just a few simple, but telling, words. Hughes also knows what makes children giggle:
What use
Is a goose
Except to quackle?
If a goose
Can't quackle
She's out of whackle.
The publication of a new manuscript by Langston Hughes is an important event in American literature. But when you add the fanciful three-dimensional animals built especially for this book by first and second graders from the Harlem School of the Arts, an introduction for children by entertainer and humanitarian Ben Vereen, and an afterword for older children and adults that delves into the work Hughes did for and with children, you have an instant classic. Oxford is proud to bring this new Hughes manuscript to life, and to share with children and adults alike the exhuberant, wise, and funny world of animals as seen by an American literary genius.
Newt, newt
What can you be?
Just
A salamander, child.
That's me!
In 26 never-before-published short and wonderfully clever poems, Langston Hughes takes children through both the alphabet and the animal world. From Ape to Zebra--with bees, camels, fish, and even a unicorn in between--he paints a picture of each animal with just a few simple, but telling, words. Hughes also knows what makes children giggle:
What use
Is a goose
Except to quackle?
If a goose
Can't quackle
She's out of whackle.
The publication of a new manuscript by Langston Hughes is an important event in American literature. But when you add the fanciful three-dimensional animals built especially for this book by first and second graders from the Harlem School of the Arts, an introduction for children by entertainer and humanitarian Ben Vereen, and an afterword for older children and adults that delves into the work Hughes did for and with children, you have an instant classic. Oxford is proud to bring this new Hughes manuscript to life, and to share with children and adults alike the exhuberant, wise, and funny world of animals as seen by an American literary genius.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Oxford Univ Pr (December 15, 1994)
9780195091854 | details & prices | 10.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels Preschool | 0.90 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
About: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
Paperback
With George P. Cunningham (other contributor), Harlem School of the Arts (other contributor), Ben Vereen (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Oxford Univ Pr (November 20, 1997)
9780195120301 | details & prices | 48 pages | 10.00 × 8.25 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels Preschool | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
About: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
Reinforced
from Demco Media (September 1, 2003); titled "Sweet and Sour Animal Book"
9780606291644 | details & prices | 10.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels Preschool | 0.82 lbs | List price $19.15
About: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
About: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780613062770 | details & prices | 8.25 × 10.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels Preschool | 0.85 lbs | List price $20.80
About: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
About: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
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