Sail Away

A celebration of mermaids, wildernesses of waves, and the creatures of the deep through poems by Langston Hughes and cut-paper collage illustrations by multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan.

The great African-American poet Langston Hughes penned poem after poem about the majesty of the sea, and the great African-American artist Ashley Bryan, who's spent more than half his life on a small island, is as drawn to the sea as much as he draws the sea. Their talents combine in this windswept collection of illustrated poems--from "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" to "Seascape," from "Sea Calm" to "Sea Charm"-- that celebrates all things oceanic.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/01/2015
ISBN: 9781481430852
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.60h x 9.30w x 0.50d
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2015
Booklist 09/01/2015 pg. 95
Publishers Weekly 10/05/2015
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2015 pg. 96
School Library Journal 11/01/2015 pg. 132
Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books 11/15/2015 pg. 79
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 56
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2016 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 177807 / Sail Away: Poems by Langston Hughes
Reading Level: 4.3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5