I, Too, Am America
Title: I, Too, Am America
Author: Langston Hughes
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Year of Publication: 1925 (book) 2012 (illustrations)
Genre: Poetry
Horn Book rating: 3
Summary: Langston Hughes' poem about equality in America is recreated with Bryan Collier's illustrations depicting how we are all equal and all make up America.
Summary of Professional Reviews: Collier's mix media illustrations depict a Pullman porter who tends to the African American travelers on the train. In the illustrator's note in the back Collier explains that he created the illustrations to make a "visual story line" for this iconic poem.
Review by Terese Wylie: With a few words on each page Hughes' poem is taken down to a level that would be easy for children to read on their own while it includes excellent mixed media illustrations. The illustrations open the doors of the life of an African America Pullman car worker while covering Hughes' most important ideal; together we are all America.
This book would be useful when teaching…
Author: Langston Hughes
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Year of Publication: 1925 (book) 2012 (illustrations)
Genre: Poetry
Horn Book rating: 3
Summary: Langston Hughes' poem about equality in America is recreated with Bryan Collier's illustrations depicting how we are all equal and all make up America.
Summary of Professional Reviews: Collier's mix media illustrations depict a Pullman porter who tends to the African American travelers on the train. In the illustrator's note in the back Collier explains that he created the illustrations to make a "visual story line" for this iconic poem.
Review by Terese Wylie: With a few words on each page Hughes' poem is taken down to a level that would be easy for children to read on their own while it includes excellent mixed media illustrations. The illustrations open the doors of the life of an African America Pullman car worker while covering Hughes' most important ideal; together we are all America.
This book would be useful when teaching…
- I, Too, Am America could be used in a Black History Month lesson, being written by Langston Hughes.
- I, Too, Am America can be used in a history lesson when covering the times that Hughes was writing.
- I, Too, Am America can be used as in a Language Arts lesson on poetry.