McGill, Alice

In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies - New York: Houghton Mifflin, c2000. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 sound disk (12 cm.)

"CD included." -- Cover. "Thirteen powerful songs from African-American history." -- Cover.

A collection of lullabies orally transmitted by African-American slaves revealing their hardships and sorrows as well as soothing notes of well-being and belief in a better time to come.

ISBN: 0395857554

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Children's poetry, American -- Black authors -- History and criticism.
Lullabies, American -- Black authors -- History and criticism.
Children's poetry, American -- Black authors.
Slavery in literature -- Juvenile poetry.
Mother and child -- Juvenile poetry.
Blacks -- Juvenile poetry.
Sleep -- Juvenile poetry.
Lullabies -- Black authors.
Slavery -- Juvenile poetry.