Like a Bird: The Art of the American Slave Song (Hardcover)

from ThatOneLibrarian

4.5/5Cynthia Grady and Michele Wood, the team behind "I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery", have produced another beautifully compelling piece with "Like a Bird". "Like a Bird" examines thirteen American slave songs with corresponding paintings. A short introduction provides a histo...

from einin

Cynthia Grady and Michele Wood, the team behind "I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery", have produced another beautifully compelling piece with "Like a Bird". "Like a Bird" examines thirteen American slave songs with corresponding paintings. A short introduction provides a history of...

from Carlathelibrarian

The artwork in this book is absolutely amazing. Michelle Wood, the illustrator, used Spirituals to give her inspiration for her illustrations. Thirteen different songs are highlighted, such as Jacob's Ladder, Michael Row Your Boat Ashore, Ezekial Saw the Wheel, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless ...

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This incredible picture book beautifully illustrates slave songs, presents a score with lyrics, and tells the story of each song. A glossary, appendix with scoreless lyrics, and bibliography appear at the end. This book deserves a place in libraries and homes. I don't often keep picture books exc...

from nbmars

The title of this collection of African American spirituals came from a story told by Harriet Tubman, the escaped slave who courageously returned to the South on some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved families and friends. As the author reports: "Harriet Tubman, born into...