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by: Robert Burleigh
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5209
EAN: 9780439352390
ISBN: 0439352398
Label: Orchard
Manufacturer: Orchard
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: October 01, 2004
Publisher: Orchard
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 74553
Studio: Orchard
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Clackety clack clack clack...Can you hear the rhythm of the train? Langston Hughes did. Traveling to see his father in 1920, as he listened to the sounds of the train -- metal on metal, wheels on rails -- Hughes's imagination took flight. On that ride, he was inspired to write his first famous poem, 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers.' This picture book tells the story of Langston Hughes's rise to accomplishing his dream of being a writer. With bold, striking illustrations by Leonard Jenkins, here is a book for any young person with a dream.
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Rating:  - reads like poetry. . .
. . .and it is perfect to read out loud. this book should be in every elementary school library.
Rating:  - find inspiration in all things
This is a picture book biography of Langston Hughes. It tells us that he got inspiration for his first poem while listening to the sound of a train. He was on the way to visit his father in 1920. He starts to think of all the people who have seen these sights before him and what life might have been like for them. He writes his famous poem on a piece of scrap paper and the rest is history!
The book was written in picture book/ story book form. Although it was a non-fiction book ... Read More
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