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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Hamilton, Virginia
Dillon, Leo
Dillon, Diane

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Fairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $14.99

ISBN10: 0679843361
ISBN13: 9780679843368
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: Jan 4 1993
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.50 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, Coretta Scott King Award
The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable. With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons, this collection should be snapped up.--(starred) School Library Journal.

This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards text Exemplar (Grade 6-8, Stories) in Appendix B.

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