This collection of poems, told from the perspective of a young girl, celebrates family life throughout the yearly cycle of seasons.

An anthology of the works of African-American poets, including James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Angelina Weld Grimke, Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and others.

A rythmic cycle of poems about a special day in May, when the hunter becomes the hunted.

Poems reflect a child's thoughts inside and outside, describing what he sees and feels.

A collection of poetry by twentieth-century black Americans expressing what it is like to be black in the United States. Includes capsule biographies of the poets.

Fifteen poems explore the sights and sounds of life in a big city.