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  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

    Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon

    Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Jan. 13, 1985)
    "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. This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards text Exemplar (Grade 6-8, Stories) in Appendix B.
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  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

    Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon Ph.D.

    Paperback (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Jan. 4, 1993)
    "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. This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards text Exemplar (Grade 6-8, Stories) in Appendix B.
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  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

    Virginia Hamilton, Andrew Barnes, Blackstone Audio, Inc.

    Audiobook (Blackstone Audio, Inc., Jan. 6, 2005)
    Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children's literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In her prize-winning anthology of American Black folktales, The People Could Fly, Hamilton has gathered and retold a collection of stories that teach us much, move us deeply, and make us laugh out loud. Savor this bridge to both the past and the future of a people and a nation as you hear these timeless tales brilliantly performed by Andrew Barnes.
  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

    Virginia Hamilton

    Paperback (Scholastic, Jan. 1, 1994)
    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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  • People Could Fly, The

    Virginia Hamilton, Andrew Barnes

    MP3 CD (Blackstone on Brilliance Audio, Aug. 7, 2018)
    Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children's literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In her prize-winning anthology of American Black folktales, The People Could Fly, Hamilton has gathered and retold a collection of stories that teach us much, move us deeply, and make us laugh out loud.Savor this bridge to both the past and the future of a people and a nation as you hear these timeless tales brilliantly performed by Andrew Barnes.
  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

    Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon Ph.D., James Earl Jones

    Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Oct. 10, 2000)
    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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  • The People Could Fly Lib/E: American Black Folktales

    Virginia Hamilton, Andrew Barnes

    Audio CD (Blackstone Publishing, April 30, 2010)
    Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children's literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In her prize-winning anthology of American Black folktales, The People Could Fly, Hamilton has gathered and retold a collection of stories that teach us much, move us deeply, and make us laugh out loud.Savor this bridge to both the past and the future of a people and a nation as you hear these timeless tales brilliantly performed by Andrew Barnes.
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  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

    Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon Ph.D.

    Library Binding (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Oct. 12, 1985)
    "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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  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

    Virginia Hamilton, Leo, Diane Dillon

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Jan. 4, 1993)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Retold African American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.
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  • People Could Fly-Cas

    Virginia Hamilton

    Audio Cassette (Random House Books for Young Readers, Sept. 12, 1988)
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  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

    Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 1993)
    The well-known author retells 24 black American folktales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom.--School Library Journal, starred review. Full color.
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  • PEOPLE COULD FLY / AMERICAN BLACK FOLKTALES

    Virginia (Told by) Hamilton

    Paperback (Alfred A. Knopf c, Jan. 1, 1985)
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