Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
4.6
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
3200
Points per Word
0.000156
Page Count
36
Points per Page
0.013889
Description
This book is a collection of lullabies orally transmitted by African-American slaves. They reveal their hardships and sorrows, as well as soothing notes of well-being and belief in a better time to come.