In this variation on the classic lullaby, a mother soothes her child to sleep with the promise of such things as a quilt, a banjo tune, and the sights and sounds of nature.

The Language You Cry In tells an amazing scholarly detective story that searches for -and finds- meaningful links between African Americans and their ancestral past. It bridges hundreds of years and thousands of miles from the Gullah people of present-day Georgia back to 18th century Sierra Leone. It recounts the even more remarkable saga of how African Americans have retained links with their African past through the horrors of the middle passage,...

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a greedy, hungry dragon eventually learns moderation.

An illustrated version of the traditional folk song in which a father promises the world to his restless baby daughter.

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a woman swallows a shell, a crab, a fish, a gull, a pail, some sand, and a wave.

The inhabitants of Old MacDonald's farm are described, verse by verse.

Inch by inch, row by row, a child grows a garden with the help of the rain and the earth. Based on a popular folksong.