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The People Could Fly

The People Could Fly

Children Literary Fiction Picture Books Fairy Tales & Folklore

Virginia Hamilton

Authors: Virginia Hamilton
Print type: BOOK

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.