"Dream Variation," one of Langston Hughes's most celebrated poems, about the dream of a world free of discrimination and racial prejudice, is now a picture book stunningly illustrated by Daniel Miyares...An African-American boy faces the harsh reality of segregation and racial prejudice, but he dreams of a different life--one full of freedom, hope, and wild possibility, where he can fling his arms wide in the face of the sun"--

4) Sail away

Author

Hughes, Langston

Pub. Date

[2015]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

5) Lullaby (for a Black mother): a poem

Author

Hughes, Langston

Language

English

Formats

Book, Board Book

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A board book adaptation of Langston Hughes's beloved poem celebrates the endearing love between a mother and a baby and is complemented by painted collage illustrations.

6) The Langston Hughes reader

Author

Hughes, Langston

Pub. Date

1958.

Edition

[First edition].

Language

English

7) The dream keeper and other poems

Author

Hughes, Langston

Language

English

Description

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A collection of fifty-nine poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the black experience.

8) The collected poems of Langston Hughes

Author

Hughes, Langston

Series

Vintage classics

Language

English

9) A pictorial history of Blackamericans

Author

Hughes, Langston

Language

English

10) The short stories

Author

Hughes, Langston

Series

Works

Language

English

11) Five plays by Langston Hughes

Author

Hughes, Langston

Language

English

12) The ways of white folks

Author

Hughes, Langston

Series

Vintage classics

Language

English

13) Black misery

Author

Hughes, Langston

Series

Iona and Peter Opie library of children's literature

Language

English

14) Mule bone: a comedy of Negro life

Author

Hughes, Langston

Language

English

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The only literary collaboration between Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, this play marked a turning point in African-American theater. This volume tells the story of the play's conception and inspiration and gives complete details of the irreparable rift in Hurston and Hughes's friendship that came about because of it. Also included is Hurston's short story, "Bone of Contention."

15) The first book of jazz

Author

Hughes, Langston

Language

English

Description

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An introduction to jazz, focusing on its historical development and its most famous performers.

16) I, too, am America

Author

Hughes, Langston

Pub. Date

[2012]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

Appears on these lists

JEF - Black Voices (Children)
JEF - Poetry - April (Children)
MCL - Coretta Scott King Award - Illustrator

Description

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Presents the popular poem by one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, highlighting the courage and dignity of the African American Pullman porters in the early twentieth century.

17) Selected poems of Langston Hughes

Author

Hughes, Langston

Series

Vintage classics

Pub. Date

1990.

Edition

Vintage classics edition.

Language

English

18) The selected letters of Langston Hughes

Author

Hughes, Langston

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

19) We dream a world

Author

King, Yolanda Renee

Pub. Date

2024.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

Description

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"The granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King delivers a stirring tribute to her grandparents that speaks to children everywhere about her hopes for a new future"--