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for What a Morning! by John M. Langstaff, Ashley Bryan, and John Andrew Ross
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
The Christmas story is told through a chronological arrangement of five Afro-American spirituals, lavishly illustrated by brilliant tempera paintings. Brief Biblical quotes accompanying each of the spirituals provide a religious context, while Ashley Bryan's shining iconographic portraits of a Black Nativity provide historical, geographical and emotional content. (Age 3 and older)
CCBC Choices 1987 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1987. Used with permission.
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This luminous illustrated songbook presents five spirituals that tell the story of the Nativity.
Young readers will delight in the exquisite cast of human, animal, and heavenly creatures. The collection includes: “My Lord, What a Morning!”, “Mary Had a Baby”, “Go, Tell It on the Mountain”, “Sister Mary Had-a But One Child”, and “Behold That Star!.” Simple arrangements for singing, piano and guitar and a useful note for teachers, parents, and instrumentalists are also included in this book.
Young readers will delight in the exquisite cast of human, animal, and heavenly creatures. The collection includes: “My Lord, What a Morning!”, “Mary Had a Baby”, “Go, Tell It on the Mountain”, “Sister Mary Had-a But One Child”, and “Behold That Star!.” Simple arrangements for singing, piano and guitar and a useful note for teachers, parents, and instrumentalists are also included in this book.
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