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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, January 2007
Hardcover, 48 pages
ISBN-10: 0689847327
ISBN-13: 9780689847325
Grades: P - 3
Awards and Nominations
- ALA Notable Children's Books
- Bank Street Best Books of the Year
- Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best
- Coretta Scott King Award (ALA)
- IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
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Description
This little light of mine,
I'm gonna let it shine.
Let it shine,
let it shine,
let it shine.
With a kaleidoscope of color and cut paper, Hans Christian Anderson Award nominee and two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan celebrates three favorite spirituals: "This Little Light of Mine," "Oh, When the Saints Go Marching In," and "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." The power of these beloved songs simply emanates through his joyous interpretations. Come, sing, and celebrate!
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All Night, All DayAward-winning author and illustrator Ashley Bryan has selected twenty best-known and best-loved African-American spirituals, including the title song,...Read More
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The Night Has EarsAshley Bryan says, "My mother had a proverb for any situation, attitude, or event." Many of us have had the same experience. But have you ever heard,...Read More
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Ashley Bryan's African Tales, Uh-HuhCome gather round, young and old, and hear these stories from Africa, retold and illustrated by the incomparable Ashley Bryan. The fourteen stories in...Read More
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What a Wonderful WorldWhat simpler way could there be to express to children the beauty and the harmony in the world around them than through the lyrics of this song by...Read More
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