What a morning! : the Christmas story in Black spirituals / selected and edited by John Langstaff ; illustrated by Ashley Bryan ; arrangements for singing and piano by John Andrew Ross.

Format:

Musical score

Contributor:

Langstaff, John, 1920-2005, editor.

Bryan, Ashley, illustrator.

Ross, John Andrew, arranger.

Aladdin Paperbacks, publisher.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Ashley Bryan Library and Archive (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spirituals (Songs)--Juvenile.

Spirituals (Songs).

Christmas music--Juvenile.

Christmas music.

Genre:

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Bryan, Ashley (donor) (Kislak Center copy)

Ashley Bryan Center (donor) (Kislak Center copy)

Physical Description:

1 score ([24] pages) : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Aladdin paperbacks edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1996.

Summary:

Five illustrated spirituals dealing with the birth of Christ on the first Christmas morning. Includes printed music for voice and piano.

Contents:

My Lord, what a morning!

Mary had a baby

Go, tell it on the mountain

Sister Mary had-a but one child

Behold that star!

Notes:

"The original pictures ... are tempera paintings."--Verso of title leaf.

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors, 1988.

ALA Notable Book.

Booklist Editorial Choice.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Kislak Center copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Ashley Bryan and the Ashley Bryan Center.

ISBN:

0689808070

9780689808074

OCLC:

36128564