The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Virginia Hamilton


4.25 · 12 ratings · Published: 27 Mar 1985

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton
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.

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