John Langstaff

Gebundenes Buch

What a Morning!

The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals

Illustrator: Bryan, Ashley

Beschreibung

Five exuberant spirituals, pictured in strong, brilliantly colored paintings, tell the Christmas story chronologically. The music includes simple arrangements for singing and piano and guitar chords. Full-color illustrations.

Autor

John Meredith Langstaff (1920–2005) was a music educator and author who created the Christmas Revels and wrote the Caldecott Medal–winning children’s book Frog Went A-Courtin’. Ashley Bryan (1923–2022) grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he shared the joy of song with children. A beloved illustrator, he was named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, Freedom Over Me. He also received the Coretta Scott King—Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, was a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include Freedom Over Me; Sail Away ; Beautiful Blackbird; Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum; Let It Shine; Ashley Bryan’s Book of Puppets; and What a Wonderful World. He lived in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: 4 bis 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 1987
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 262mm x 219mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780689504228
• ISBN-10: 0689504225
• Artikelnr.: 26684239