A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.

Includes index.

Negro speaks of rivers --Aunt Sue's stories -- Danse Africaine -- Mother to son -- When Sue wears red -- My people -- Youth -- Dream variations -- Dream keeper -- Walkers with the dawn -- I, too -- Weary blues -- Homesick blues -- Hey! -- Hey! Hey! -- Afro-American fragment -- Genius child -- Note on commercial theatre -- Merry-go-round -- Words like freedom -- Still here -- I dream a world -- Final curve -- Theme for English B -- Harlem -- Drums.