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Throughout his long career as a poet, fiction writer, and chronicler of the situation of blacks throughout the world, Langston Hughes also wrote books for children. Hughes's books for children remain entertaining, moving, beautiful, and relevant. For scholars of African American literature and history and for readers of all ages, these are works to be enjoyed and to be taken seriously.

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"Faced too often by the segregation and scorn of a surrounding white world, America's Negro children are in pressing need of books that will give them back their souls. They do not know the beauty they possess." - Langston Hughes, 1930

Works for Children and Young Adults Poetry

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    A Hardback by Langston Hughes, Dianne Johnson, Dianne Johnson

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      Publisher: University of Missouri Press
      Publication Date: 9/11/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780826214980, 978-0826214980
      ISBN10: 0826214983

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      Book Synopsis
      Throughout his long career as a poet, fiction writer, and chronicler of the situation of blacks throughout the world, Langston Hughes also wrote books for children. Hughes's books for children remain entertaining, moving, beautiful, and relevant. For scholars of African American literature and history and for readers of all ages, these are works to be enjoyed and to be taken seriously.

      Trade Review
      "Faced too often by the segregation and scorn of a surrounding white world, America's Negro children are in pressing need of books that will give them back their souls. They do not know the beauty they possess." - Langston Hughes, 1930

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