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In the Hollow of Your Hand: Slave Lullabies
By Alice McGill and Michael Cummings (illustrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date September 25, 2000
Binding Paperback
Edition Pap/com
Book category Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780395857557
ISBN-10 0395857554
Dimensions 0.50 by 9.75 by 10 in.
Weight 1.10 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $18.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Collects thirteen slave lullabies created from the African-American experience that evince messages of hope and empowerment, paired with quilt collage illustrations and a CD recording of the lullabies. 25,000 first printing.
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Paperback
Book cover for 9780395857557 Book cover for 9780618432394 Book cover for 9780618443345
 
from Houghton Mifflin (January 30, 2005)
9780618432394 | details & prices | 40 pages | List price $6.95
About: Since childhood, Alice McGill has been collecting and singing these lullabies.
With Michael Cummings (other contributor) | Pap/cas edition from Houghton Mifflin (May 25, 2004)
9780618443345 | details & prices | 40 pages | 11.50 × 10.50 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels Preschool | 0.75 lbs | List price $9.95
About: A collection of lullabies orally transmitted by African-American slaves revealing their hardships and sorrows as well as soothing notes of well-being and belief in a better time to come.
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With Michael Cummings (other contributor) | Pap/com edition from Houghton Mifflin (September 25, 2000)
9780395857557 | details & prices | 9.75 × 10.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels Preschool | 1.10 lbs | List price $18.00
About: A collection of lullabies orally transmitted by African-American slaves revealing their hardships and sorrows as well as soothing notes of well-being and belief in a better time to come.
School and Library
With Michael Cummings (other contributor) | from Houghton Mifflin (September 25, 2000)
9780618104451 | details & prices | 10.75 × 10.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels Preschool | 1.10 lbs | List price $18.00
About: A collection of lullabies orally transmitted by African-American slaves revealing their hardships and sorrows as well as soothing notes of well-being and belief in a better time to come.

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