Step It Down: Games, Plays, Songs, and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage,

by Bessie Jones and Bess Lomax Hawes

Growing up in the rural South, Bessie Jones sang her way through long hours of field work and child tending, entertaining her young companions with chants and riddles or joining them for a rousing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060117834
• ISBN13: 9780060117832
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Every Music Teacher should own this!

This is a fantastic book of African-American Folk Songs. Bessie Jones includes not only the songs, but background information and games/motions to go along with it. I use it religiously in my lesson planning.