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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales Hardcover - 2009

by Hamilton, Virginia; Dillon, Leo

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Alfred a Knopf Inc, NY, 1985.. Dillon, Leo and Diane. Quarto, hardcover, near fine in lightly edgeworn gray pictorial dj. Humor, magic and mystery underscore the theme of freedom in this collection of stories drawn from the African-American folktale tradition. Renowned for her knowledge of the genre and seamless manner of delivering it, Hamilton comes together with two prize-winning illustrators to contribute yet another hardy volume. It includes gruesome, suspenseful and fanciful accounts of black history, as well as the narratives of voices from the past, among them, Hamilton's own ancestors. Along with powerfully evocative pictures, the book has a glossary and notes on the origins and different versions of tales. It won the 1986 Coretta Scott King Award. 178 pp. plus notes on author and illustrators.
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  • Title The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
  • Author Hamilton, Virginia; Dillon, Leo
  • Illustrator Dillon, Leo and Diane
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Alfred a Knopf Inc, NY, 1985., New York
  • Date 2009-01-13
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 53215
  • ISBN 9780394869254 / 0394869257
  • Weight 1.72 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.37 x 8.25 x 0.75 in (26.34 x 20.96 x 1.91 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 11 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 6
  • Reading level 480
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Slavery
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 84025020
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.208

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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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  • Booklist, 06/01/1996, Page 1726
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/13/1985, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 11/01/1985, Page 0

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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