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Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry
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Ashley Bryan (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Atheneum
Publication date
January 1, 2001
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Easy Fiction
ISBN-13
9780689840456
ISBN-10
0689840454
Dimensions
0.25 by 9 by 12 in.
Weight
0.25 lbs.
Original list price
$7.99
Other format details
juvenile
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Full, Full, Full of Love | Ashley Bryan's African Tales, Uh-Huh | Let it Shine | What a Wonderful World | Firebird | Beautiful Blackbird | Ashley Bryan's Puppets | I Love My Hair! | Words to My Life's Song
Full, Full, Full of Love | Ashley Bryan's African Tales, Uh-Huh | Let it Shine | What a Wonderful World | Firebird | Beautiful Blackbird | Ashley Bryan's Puppets | I Love My Hair! | Words to My Life's Song
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a line from a poem by different African-American poets, describing an aspect of the black experience. A Coretta Scott King Honor book. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "And God stepped out on space,
And he looked around and said:
I'm lonely -- I'll make me a world."
-- James Weldon Johnson
Thus begins Coretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan's collection of inspiring excerpts of poems by celebrated African American poets. Beautifully illustrated with his own tempera and gouache paintings, Ashley Bryan's unique alphabet book will delight readers of any age.
And he looked around and said:
I'm lonely -- I'll make me a world."
-- James Weldon Johnson
Thus begins Coretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan's collection of inspiring excerpts of poems by celebrated African American poets. Beautifully illustrated with his own tempera and gouache paintings, Ashley Bryan's unique alphabet book will delight readers of any age.
Editions
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Atheneum (January 1, 2001); titled "Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry"
9780689840456 | details & prices | 9.00 × 12.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels Preschool | 0.25 lbs | List price $7.99
About: Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a line from a poem by different African American poets, describing an aspect of the black experience.
About: Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a line from a poem by different African American poets, describing an aspect of the black experience.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 2001); titled "Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry"
9780613336666 | details & prices | 9.25 × 11.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels Preschool | 0.95 lbs | List price $18.40
About: Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a line from a poem by different African American poets, describing an aspect of the black experience.
About: Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a line from a poem by different African American poets, describing an aspect of the black experience.
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