* The Hip Hop Speaks to Children CD contains more than 30 performances, either by the artists who created them, or as unique interpretations by admiring poets and artists.ĭISCOVER Langston Hughes’s elegant gospel “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” A Tribe Called Quest’s playful “Ham ‘N’ Eggs,” Sterling A. HEAR poetry’s rhymes and rhythms from Queen Latifah to Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes to A Tribe Called Quest and more! * Also hear part of Martin Luther Kind’s original “I Have a Dream” speech, followed by the remarkable live performance of the speech by Nikki Giovanni, Oni Lasana and Val Gray Ward. READ more than 50 remarkable poems and songs! Like Poetry Speaks to Children, the New York Times Bestselling classic poetry book and CD that started it all, Hip Hop Speaks to Children is meant to be the beginning of a journey of discovery. And when you find yourself clapping your hands or tapping your feet, you know you’ve found poetry with a beat! But either way, make no mistake, poetry is as vibrant and exciting as it gets. Sometimes it is obvious sometimes it is hidden. Poetry can have both a rhyme and a rhythm. Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat.
―Diane Chen, School Library Journal blog “Practically Paradise” Teachers will be encouraged to allow the artists to speak to children. Children will be encouraged to put their words to poetry and beats. Together, this book is a treasure of which you cannot get enough. Our consensus is Hip Hop Speaks to Children is the most essential poetry purchase to make this year. NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INCLUDED IN THE BOOKLIST TOP 10 ART BOOKS FOR YOUTH!
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