# Sail Away - Hardcover

by **Langston Hughes** (Author), **Ashley Bryan** (Illustrator)

**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.

### Author Biography

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was born in Joplin, Missouri, and lived much of his life in Harlem, New York. As one America's most cherished chroniclers of the black experience, known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance, Hughes's work was constantly groundbreaking throughout his forty-six-year career. His poetry about the ocean and the symbolism that surrounds it stems from his travels through Africa and Europe working as a seaman.

Ashley Bryan (1923-2022) grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he shared the joy of song with children. A beloved illustrator, he was named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, _Freedom Over Me_. He also received the Coretta Scott King--Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award; the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award; was a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer; a Coretta Scott King Award winner; and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include _Freedom Over Me_; _Sail Away_; _Beautiful Blackbird_; _Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum_; _Let It Shine_; _Ashley Bryan's Book of Puppets_; and _What a Wonderful World_. He lived in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 10.6 x 9.3 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 01, 2015

**Award:** Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) (2015)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Sail Away: Poems by Langston Hughes

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 4.3

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 19.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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