Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes - David Roessel

WINNER OF THE 2007 CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR HONOR AWARD! A fresh design and appealing new cover enliven this award-winning collection in the acclaimed Poetry for Young People series. Showcasing the extraordinary Langston Hughes, it's edited by two leading poetry experts and features gallery-quality art by Benny Andrews that adds rich dimension to the words. Hughes's magnificent, powerful words still resonate today, and the anthologized poems in this splendid volume include his best-loved works: -The Negro Speaks of Rivers-; -My People-; -Words Like Freedom-; -Harlem-; and -I, Too---his sharp, pointed response to Walt Whitman's -I Hear America Singing.-