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Synopsis
Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton tells 24 stories that kept her ancestors' culture alive during slavery, from spirited animal trickster tales and robust tall tales to spine-chilling tales of the supernatural and moving narratives of slaves in search of freedom. Twelve of these tales are on the 78-minute CD, including the hauntingly beautiful title story, "The People Could Fly." Booklist praised the recording as "an outstanding and most welcome production that both complements and extends the original work."
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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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"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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- PublisherWalker Books Ltd
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0744505240
- ISBN 13 9780744505245
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages180
- IllustratorDillon L., Dillon D., Leo
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Dillon, Leo And Diane (illustrator). Reprinted Edition. A fine cloth copy in a near fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 177 pages; Physical desc. : xii, 178 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. Subject: Folklore --Afro-Americans --United States --Tales --Juvenile literature --African American tales --American negro tales --Anthologies --For children. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 49847
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