THE PEOPLE COULD FLY
An anthology of American Black folktales

Author: Told by Virginia Hamilton
 

Coretta Scott King Award
An ALA Booklist Editors Choice
An SLJ Best Book of the Year

Family Listening - All ages

Cassette:
Length: 4 hrs / 4 cassettes
ISBN:0-9741711-7-4
Price $24.95

CD:
Length: 4 hrs / 4 CDS
ISBN:0-9741711-8-2
Price:$39.95
 
Paperback:$13.00
 
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Audio Reviews:

"As performed by Andrew Barnes, this prize winning text, compiled by the illustrious Virginia Hamilton, is a gem" AUDIOFILE/FEB/MAR/2005 "It enables us to understand the ways a people survived slavery and the racism that followed" Soon to be released reviews/March/April/2005

Other Book Awards:

A Horn Book Fanfare Honor Book
An ALA Notable Childrens Book

SYNOPSIS:

Virginia Hamilton(1936-2002), a giant in the world of childrens literature, was the first Black to win a Newberry Medal and the first childrens 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.