New Year Be Coming!: A Gullah Year

by Katharine Boling

Book Overview

This collection of delightful poems about the months of the year shows that the Gullah language remains alive in parts of the American South, even 300 years after the Gullah people were brought as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807555908
• ISBN13: 9780807555903
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.2" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A fine choice

I saw this book on a conference table at a writer's conference, and was struck by the illustrations. I bought it, and found the lyrical text so charming that, after struggling with myself, I donated it to my nearby library. The librarians have read-aloud choices for children's book groups, and report that its a favorite of theirs and of the children. I hadn't known about Gullah before, but the vocabulary is rich and gets the meaning through without any translation problem. It's a glimpse into one way of life that is unusual--but universal too. I loved it.