Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Cummings, Michael, 1945-
2. Schomburg Children's Collection.

Description

1. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.; 26 cm. +

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Lullabies, English > United States > African American authors
2. Children's poetry, American > African American authors
3. Lullabies, English > United States > African American authors > History and criticism > Juvenile literature
4. Sleep > Juvenile poetry
5. Black author
6. African Americans > Juvenile poetry
7. Mother and child > Juvenile poetry
8. Slavery in literature > Juvenile literature
9. Children's poetry, American > African American authors > History and criticism > Juvenile literature

Call number

1. Sc+ F 01-204

Author

1. McGill, Alice.

Title

1. In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies / collected by Alice McGill ; pictures by Michael Cummings.

Imprint

1. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

Connect to:

1. Publisher description

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Cummings, Michael, 1945-
2. Schomburg Children's Collection.

LCCN

1. 97020269

ISBN

1. 0395857554

Research call number

1. Sc+ F 01-204
2. Sc CD-1306 [audio disc]