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1) The people could fly: American Black folktales

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Language

English

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Coretta Scott King Award Winners

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.

2) The people could fly: the picture book

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Pub. Date

2004

Language

English

Description

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In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away.

3) Who's in Rabbit's house?: a Masai tale

Author

Aardema, Verna

Publisher

Dial Press

Pub. Date

[1977]

Language

English

Description

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Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't let her in.

4) The girl who spun gold

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Publisher

The Blue Sky Press

Pub. Date

2000.

Language

English

Description

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In this African American retelling of "Rumpelstiltskin," Lit'mahn spins thread into gold cloth for the king's new bride.

5) Her stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Publisher

Blue Sky Press

Pub. Date

[1995]

Language

English

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Coretta Scott King Award Winners

6) Many thousand gone: African Americans from slavery to freedom

Author

Hamilton, Virginia

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

[1993]

Language

English

Description

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Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways.

7) Honey, I love: and other love poems

Author

Greenfield, Eloise

Language

English

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Poetry: Books for Elementary Grades

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An ALA Notable Children's Book, Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems includes sixteen poems that tell of love and the simple joys of everyday life, seen through the eyes of a child: playing with a friend, skipping rope, riding on a train—or keeping Mama company till Daddy gets back. Each of these sixteen "love poems" is spoken straight from the perspective of a child. Riding on a train, listening to music, playing with a friend...each poem elicits...