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The people could fly : the picture book / Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.

Author: Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002.

Imprint:New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004.

Description1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.

Note:First published : The people could fly : American black folktales, 1985.

Note: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.



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Author:
Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002.
Subject:
Slavery -- Folklore -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
Folklore -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Picture books.
Contributor
Dillon, Leo, ill.
Dillon, Diane, ill.