Like a bird : the art of the American slave song / art by Michele Wood ; text by Cynthia Grady.
Grady, Cynthia, author.; Wood, Michele, artist.
2016
ML3556 .G73 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Like a bird : the art of the American slave song / art by Michele Wood ; text by Cynthia Grady.
Author
Grady, Cynthia, author.
ISBN
9781467785501 (lb ; alk. paper)
1467785504
Published
Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
40 pages : color illustrations, music ; 22 cm
Call Number
ML3556 .G73 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
782.25/3
Summary
Enslaved African Americans longed for freedom, and that longing took many forms including music. Drawing on biblical imagery, slave songs both expressed the sorrow of life in bondage and offered a rallying cry for the spirit. Like a Bird brings together text, music, and illustrations by Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Michele Wood to convey the rich meaning behind thirteen of these powerful songs.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 39).
Audience
Elementary Grade
1016exile
Added Author
Wood, Michele, artist.
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Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Ezekiel saw the wheel
Jacob's ladder
Michael, row the boat ashore
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Go down, Moses
Get on board the gospel train
Deep river
Ain't gonna study war no more
Swing low, sweet chariot
Steal away
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
Oh, Peter, go ring them bells.

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