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Sail Away

Langston Hughes

Fifteen poems by Langston Hughes explore the sea, its waves, deep-water creatures, and mermaids. Ashley Bryan illustrates the poems with brightly colored cut-paper collages. The poems celebrate the natural world, while the images include brown-skinned children as well as ocean scenes and creatures. Together, the verse and collage artwork create a book focused on marine life, the sea’s scale, and the people and imagined figures that inhabit its poetic world.

This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.

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Themes
Art And Creativity · Diversity And Inclusion · Nature · Ocean Life · Writing And Storytelling
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published
September 1, 2015
ISBN-13
9781481430852
Language
English
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