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Book Reviews of The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
The People Could Fly American Black Folktales
Author: Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Dillon (Illustrator)
ISBN-13: 9780679843368
ISBN-10: 0679843361
Publication Date: 1/4/1993
Pages: 192
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Type: Paperback
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Virginia Hamilton, author of many children's and teen novels, retells several African-American folktales of "animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope." (from the LC Cataloging in Publication Data)
Hamilton is a wonderful storyteller and the book has won many awards.

One edition of this book contains a cd of Hamilton reading some of the stories, and she is a fine reader, too.

Added to the charm are the illustrations of Leo and Diane Dillon.
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American Black folk tales are offered in the 'authentic' voice of the storyteller.
In a US History class, this could serve as collateral reading on runaways. See How Nehemiah Got Free (147-150) and The People Could Fly (166-173).