In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies

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Label

In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies

Title remainder

slave lullabies

Statement of responsibility

collected by Alice McGill ; pictures by Michael Cummings

Creator

• trueMcGill, Alice

Contributor

• Cummings, Michael, 1945-

Illustrator

• Cummings, Michael, 1945-

Subject

• African Americans -- Juvenile poetry
• trueAfrican Americans -- Poetry
• trueAfrican-American poetry -- History and criticism
• American poetry -- African American authors
• trueChildren's poetry -- History and criticism
• Children's poetry, American -- African American authors
• Children's poetry, American -- African American authors | History and criticism -- Juvenile literature
• trueIntellectual life -- African Americans
• trueIntellectual life -- Slaves -- United States
• Lullabies -- African American authors
• trueLullabies -- History and criticism
• Lullabies, English -- African American authors -- United States
• trueAfrican American music -- History and criticism
• Mother and child -- Juvenile poetry
• trueMother and child -- Poetry
• trueSlavery -- Poetry
• Slavery in literature -- Juvenile literature
• Sleep -- Juvenile poetry
• trueSleep -- Poetry
• Lullabies, English -- African American authors -- United States -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile poetry
• truePoetry
• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Interest level

LG

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 0
• 0

Reading level

4.6

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

primary