Black Childrens Literature Got de Blues by Nancy D. Tolson

• Title: Black Childrens Literature Got de Blues by Nancy D. Tolson
• Author: Nancy D. Tolson
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• The arts general issues
• No. of pages: 116
• Dimensions (approx. mm): 155 x 229 x 7

Product Description

Here is an innovative exploration of the blues aesthetic that reflects the literary work created by Black authors and illustrators for the Black child reader. This book examines literature written for Black children using critical and creative writings - by artists scholars and critics - that define the blues within Black adult literature poetry and the visual arts. The book identifies Black children's literature published in the past forty years by authors and illustrators who can be classified as blues artists and whose work reflects social political economical and historical developments of the Black experience throughout the United States. Referencing work created by Jacqueline Woodson Walter Dean Myers John Steptoe Tom Feelings Sherley Anne Williams and others this book demonstrates how the blues aesthetic now includes the literature dedicated to Black children.