Overview: What began as a spiritual has developed into one of America's best-known songs, and now for the first time it appears as a picture book, masterfully created by award-winning artist Kadir Nelson. Through sublime landscapes and warm images of a boy and his family, Kadir has created a dazzling, intimate interpretation, one that rejoices in the connectedness of people and nature. Inspired by the song's simple message, Kadir sought to capture...

"A girl connects with heritage, history, and a higher power through the lyrics of twelve beloved spirituals and four seminal events in African American history"-- Provided by publisher.

A documentary presenting th elive recording of Aretha Franklon's album 'Amazing grace' at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angelese in January 1972.

Tells the story of the plight of the African Americans through the songs called spirituals.

"Join in a multicultural celebration of unity and diverse friendships all around the world as we read and sing along with joy, love, and peace!...Award-winning creator Rafael López breathes new life with his adaptation of 'He's Got the Whole World in His Hands' as we join hands and salute all the great lands and people across all nations." -- Dust jacket.

"At a sparrow's urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it's time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise. Drawing on lyrics from the song "We Could Fly" by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, which...

Tapping a wellspring of comfort, inspiration, and renewal, Gloria Jean Pinkney has gathered twenty-two African-American spirituals and reverential songs. She's carefully chosen a psalm for each to illuminate its meaning. Soaring artwork by her husband, Jerry, and their sons, Brian Pinkney and Myles C. Pinkney, graces these pages. Expressing themselves in three distinct styles, these award-winning artists draw on a shared heritage to create images...