Text copyright © 2017 by Patricia C. McKissack

Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2017 by Brian Pinkney

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McKissack, Pat, author. | Pinkney, J. Brian, illustrator.

Title: Let’s clap, jump, sing, and shout; dance, spin, and turn it out! : games, songs, and stories from an African American childhood / collected by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.

Description: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016000969 (print) | LCCN 2016020086 (ebook) | ISBN 978-0-375-87088-0

ISBN 978-0-375-97088-7 (glb) | ISBN 978-0-307-97495-2 (ebk)

Subjects: LCSH: African Americans—Social life and customs—Juvenile literature. | African Americans—Games—Juvenile literature. | African Americans—Songs and music—Juvenile literature. | African American children—Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC E185.86 .M424 2017 (print) | LCC E185.86 (ebook) | DDC 305.896/073—dc23

The illustrations were rendered in watercolor and India ink on Strathmore watercolor paper.

Book design by Rachael Cole, adapted for ebook.

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