An edition of The People Could Fly (1985)

The people could fly

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Cover of: The people could fly by Virginia Hamilton, Virginia Hamilton
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An edition of The People Could Fly (1985)

The people could fly

the picture book

by

  • ★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 4 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away.

Publish Date
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House
Language
English

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Subjects

African Americans, Tales, Slavery, Folklore, Books on compact disc, Juvenile literature, Slavery -- Folklore, African Americans -- Folklore, Folklore -- United States, 1000blackgirlbooks, African americans, folklore, Folklore, united states, Children's fiction, Slavery, fiction, Picture books, Afro-Americans, Kinderbuch, JUVENILE FICTION, Coretta Scott King Award, Black folktales, Social Themes, Fairy Tales & Folklore, Anthologie, Märchen, Country & Ethnic, Prejudice & Racism, African American, People & Places, Blacks

People

African American

Places

United States

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Edition Notes

First published : The people could fly : American black folktales, 1985.

Published in
New York
Genre
Folklore.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
398.2/089/96073
Library of Congress
PZ8.1.H154 Pg 2004, PZ8.1.H154Pg 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 v. (unpaged) :

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3680991M
ISBN 10
0375824057, 0375924051
LCCN
2003025579
OCLC/WorldCat
54372442
LibraryThing
130711
Goodreads
228034
6240197

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL112098W

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Work 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.

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