Jazz Age Poet
A Story about Langston Hughes
From the Series Creative Minds Biographies
The author of such poems as I, To; Sing America; and The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Langston Hughes combined his experiences and emotions with the rhythms and themes he found in jazz music to create an exciting new style of poetry. Throughout his lifetime, Hughes won many awards and honors for his various books of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, children’s books, autobiographies, and magazine articles. Despite always struggling to succeed financially, Hughes never gave up trying to be a better writer, and a better man.
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978-0-8225-6346-4
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$25.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 5 |
| Copyright | 2006 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Millbrook Press ™ |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 64 |
| Publication Date | 2005-08-01 |
| Text Type | Narrative Nonfiction |
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| BISACS | JNF007030, JNF007050 |
| Dewey | 818'.5209 |
| Graphics | 1-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 5.875 x 8.5 |
| Guided Reading Level | R |
| ATOS Reading Level | 5.6 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 102123 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 1.0 |
| Features | Afterword, Author/Illustrator note, Bibliography/further reading, Index, Table of contents, and Teaching Guides |
Author: Veda Boyd Jones
Illustrator: Barbara Kiwak
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Creative Minds Biographies
Meet some of the world’s most creative minds! Written in story format, these episodic biographies give clear, straightforward accounts of historical figures’ lives. Each true story is accompanied by black-and-white illustrations. View available downloads →