The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Author/Contributor(s):	Hamilton, Virginia; Dillon, Leo; Dillon, Diane
Publisher:	Knopf Books for Young Readers
Date:	10/12/1985
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

"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.