Details

Subject(s)

• African Americans—Social life and customs—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• African Americans—Games—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• African Americans—Songs and music—Juvenile literature [Browse]
• African American children—Juvenile literature [Browse]

Illustrator

• Pinkney, J. Brian [Browse]

Summary note

Parents and grandparents will delight in sharing this exuberant book with the children in their lives. Here is a songbook, a storybook, a poetry collection, and much more, all rolled into one. Find a partner for hand claps such as "Eenie, Meenie, Sassafreeny," or form a circle for games like "Little Sally Walker." Gather as a family to sing well-loved songs like "Amazing Grace" and "Oh, Freedom," or to read aloud the poetry of such African American luminaries as Langston Hughes, James Weldon Johnson, and Paul Laurence Dunbar. And snuggle down to enjoy classic stories retold by the author, including Aesop's fables and tales featuring Br'er Rabbit and Anansi the Spider.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170) and index.

Target audience

• Elementary Grade.
• 990L Lexile.

Study program information

• Accelerated Reader 6.1.
• Reading Counts! 7.3.

Awards

School Library Journal's Best Books 2017.

Language note

Text in English.

Contents

• From hand to hand : Hand claps
• Turn about : Jump rope rhymes and games
• Shake yo' body : Circle games and ring shouts
• Follow the drinking gourd : Songs inspired by the underground railroad
• Make a joyful noise : Spirituals, hymns, and gospel music
• Pearls of wisdom : Proverbs, psalms, and parables
• A word to the wise : Superstitions, fables, and mama sayings
• On program : Performance pieces inspired by African American writers
• On the porch or by the fire : Folktales and storytelling.

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Other title(s)

Let's clap, jump, sing and shout ; dance, spin and turn it out! : games, songs and stories from an African American childhood

ISBN

• 9780375870880
• 0375870881
• 9780375970887 ((glb))
• 0375970886 ((glb))

LCCN

2016000969

OCLC

947074808

Other standard number

• 40027682711

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