All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals

By Ashley Bryan and David Manning Thomas

Book Overview

Raise your voice with this musical illustrated songbook of traditional African American spirituals including instructions for piano accompaniment and guitar chords.

Many songs performed at churches, schools, camps, or clubs are African American spirituals. This lively and inspirational picture book shines a light on twenty of the thousand songs that have been collected since the Civil War, including "All Night, All Day," "This Little Light of Mine," "When the Saints Go Marching In," and "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689316623
• ISBN13: 9780689316623
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Introduction to the Spirituals!

This is a wonderful introduction to the beautiful art form, the Spiritual. Bryan's selection is broad and include familiar tunes along with those not so widespread. The colors are inviting and seem to dance along with the melodic melodies of the notes.