Celebrate 100 years of Langston Hughes's powerful poetry.

A Coretta Scott King Honor Award recipient,Poetry forYoungPeople:Langston Hughesincludes26of the poet's most influential pieces, including: "Mother to Son"; "My People"; "Words Like Freedom"; "I, Too"; and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"-Hughes's first published piece, which was originally released in June 1921. This collection is curated and annotated by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel, two leading poetry experts. It also features gallery-quality art by Benny Andrews and a new foreword by Rene Watson, a Newbery Honor Award recipient and founder of the I, Too Arts Collective.