A collection of poems exploring the sounds, sights, and emotions enlivening a black neighborhood during the course of one evening.
General Note
"A Puffin Pied Piper."
Originally published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991.
Content Note
Neighborhood Street -- Little boy blues -- Goodnight, Juma -- New baby poem -- The seller -- Fambly time -- The meeting -- When Tonya's friends come to spend the night -- The house with the wooden windows -- Darnell -- Buddy's dream -- In the church -- Nerissa -- Karen -- Lawanda's walk -- Night on Neighborhood Street.