Author(s): Ashley Bryan
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 32
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Date Published: 2001-01-01
Dimensions: 165.1 x 304.8 x 25.4mm
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Edition: Reprint ed.
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

"And God stepped out on space,
And he looked around and said:
I'm lonely -- I'll make me a world."
-- James Weldon Johnson
Thus begins Coretta Scott King Award-winner Ashley Bryan's collection of inspiring excerpts of poems by celebrated African American poets. Beautifully illustrated with his own tempera and gouache paintings, Ashley Bryan's unique alphabet book will delight readers of any age.