The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Hamilton, Virginia
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Hamilton, Virginia

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales,...
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Author: Virginia Hamilton
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Language: English
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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Hamilton, Virginia

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

CHF 33.31
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Hamilton, Virginia

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

CHF 33.31
Author: Virginia Hamilton
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
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.

Author: Virginia Hamilton
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/13/2009
Pages: 178
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 10.37h x 8.25w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780394869254
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 44962 / People Could Fly: American Black Folktales


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/1996 pg. 1726
Publishers Weekly 12/13/1985
School Library Journal 11/01/1985

About the Author
Virginia Hamilton, storyteller, lecturer, and biographer, was born and raised in Yellow Springs, OH, which is said to be a station on the Underground Railroad. Her grandfather settled in the village after escaping slavery in Virginia. She was educated at Antioch College and Ohio State University and did further study in literature and the novel at the New School for Social Research. Virginia was the first African American woman to win the Newbery Award, for M.C. Higgins the Great. Since then, she has won three Newbery Honors and three Coretta Scott King Awards. In 1992, Virginia was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, which is presented every two years by the International Board on Books for Young People, in recognition of her entire body of work. Virginia writes first for the pleasure of using words and language to evoke characters and their world, and in historical accounts such as Anthony Burns, the lives of real people. Secondly, Hamilton writes to entertain, to inspire in people the desire to read on and on good books made especially for them.
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