Book
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- CENTRAL: Children's Collection
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Hip hop speaks to children : a celebration of poetry with a beat
Edition
Book w/CD
Publication Information
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2008]
Physical Description
72 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Summary
More than 50 poems and an accompanying CD introduce poetry with a beat.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
- Things / Hip hop rules the world / I think I'll call it morning / Aloneness / The girls in the circle / "Ham n eggs" / Music for fun and profit / Audition / "Hey Mama" / Dream Boogie / Funky snowman / Oh words / "Rapper's delight" / "Ladies first" / People equal / "It's love" / "Umi Says" / Taking action / Dream variations / Allow me to introduce myself / Me / Dat dere / Books / For word / Waitin' on summer / Jimmy Wall, 14, boy evangelist / "Principal's office" / Love poem for my people / why some people be mad at me sometimes / "Love is ..." / Harlem night song / Harlem hopscotch / "The Creation" / Ego tripping / "No regrets" / First signature / No images / Everything is everything / The Rose that grew from concrete / Long track blues / "Talkin' all that jazz" / We real cool / If we must die / We wear the mask / Who will cry? / The song of the smoke / Doubtless by Steve Ericson / The negro speaks of rivers / If we forget / "I have a dream"