Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art.(Review)(Children's Review)(Brief Article)

ROCHELLE, Belinda, sel. Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art. Unpaged. reprods. CIP. HarperCollins. 2001. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-688-16415-3; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06-029363-2. LC 00-26864.

Gr 4-8--Rochelle's compilation of 20 poems by a dozen writers is accompanied by large-scale reproductions of the work of 17 artists. Each colorful spread pairs a poem and painting in various layouts. Though in a few cases the words seem shunted to the corners, most of the combinations are stunning. Pairs like Countee Cullen's "Incident" with Lev. T. Mills's Gemini I or Langston Hughes's "My People" with Aaron Douglas's Into Bondage reveal a close attention to …