How Sweet the Sound: African-American Songs for Children

by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)

A collection of traditional and contemporary songs follows the historical journey of African Americans and includes such pieces as "Kumbaya," "Follow the Drinking Gourd," and "Freedom's Coming and It Won't Be Long."

Genres: Picture Books, Poetry, Music, Childrens

48 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1995

About the author

Wade Hudson is the author of nearly 30 books for children and Young adults. He and his wife Cheryl are the founders of Just Us Books, Inc., a leading publisher of multicultural books for children.

Reviews

[Kenia Soto · Rating 5 out of 5]

How Sweet the Sound: African-American Songs for Children is an amazing book with numerous songs that can be taught when learning about diversity and Black History Month. I love reading the songs that I was taught when I was a little girl. The illustrator used colors that may not be as appealing to preschoolers but were beautiful to me. Many of the songs contained repetitive words that will help the children to learn them faster. It will also give them a bit of some history in a fun way. I absolutely love this book and will be adding it to my library.

[Jasmine · Rating 5 out of 5]

How Sweet the Sound: Africa-American Songs for Children is a great book for children to learn about historical songs that come from the African-American culture. The pictures are colorful and the songs are catchy and easy to learn. This book can be used to teach children about history, especially during black history month.

[Melissa Valdez · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic inspiration book filled with many different lyrical verses. Allows multicultural children to interact with some of their everyday experiences all while shining a light to those who are not familiar with them to get to know about these amazing songs.

[Jakiya · Rating 5 out of 5]

there wasnt a min charecter or a problem in this book its a book fulled of intrusting old church songs it is a good humble book n i enjoydd it

[Terry Manning]

book of poems with wonderful illustrations