All Night, All Day
A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals
Published on 5. November 2013
48 pages
978-1-4814-0992-6 (ISBN)
Description
Award-winning author and illustrator Ashley Bryan has selected twenty best-known and best-loved African-American spirituals, including the title song, "All Night, All Day," and such others as "This Little Light of Mine," "O When the Saints Go Marching In," and "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands."
Glorious full-color pictures, piano accompaniment, and guitar chords help capture the spirit and essence of these timeless songs that can be enjoyed by people of every age and every level of musical skill.
Glorious full-color pictures, piano accompaniment, and guitar chords help capture the spirit and essence of these timeless songs that can be enjoyed by people of every age and every level of musical skill.
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All Night, All Day
A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals
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Simon & Schuster
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Ashley Bryan (1923-2022) grew up to the sound of his mother singing from morning to night, and he shared the joy of song with children. A beloved illustrator, he was named a Newbery Honoree for his picture book, Freedom Over Me. He also received the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, was a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, a Coretta Scott King Award winner, and the recipient of countless other awards and recognitions. His books include Freedom Over Me; Sail Away; Beautiful Blackbird; Beat the Story-Drum, Pum Pum; Let It Shine; Ashley Bryan's Book of Puppets; and What a Wonderful World. He lived in Islesford, one of the Cranberry Isles off the coast of Maine.
Content
Contents
All Night, All Day
Chatter with the Angels
Who's That a-Comin' Over Yonder
Somebody's Knocking at Your Door
This Little Light of Mine
Behold That Star
I'm a-Going to Eat at the Welcome Table
O When the Saints Go Marching In
I Stood on the River of Jordan
Get on Board
Peter, Go Ring the Bells
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Wade in the Water
There's No Hiding Place
The Rocks and the Mountains
I'm Gonna Sing
Open the Window, Noah
O Won't You Sit Down
Now Let Me Fly
Great Big Stars
A Note on the Spirituals
All Night, All Day
Chatter with the Angels
Who's That a-Comin' Over Yonder
Somebody's Knocking at Your Door
This Little Light of Mine
Behold That Star
I'm a-Going to Eat at the Welcome Table
O When the Saints Go Marching In
I Stood on the River of Jordan
Get on Board
Peter, Go Ring the Bells
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Wade in the Water
There's No Hiding Place
The Rocks and the Mountains
I'm Gonna Sing
Open the Window, Noah
O Won't You Sit Down
Now Let Me Fly
Great Big Stars
A Note on the Spirituals
