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Picture book · Children
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
written by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
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An anthology of African-American folktales encompasses stories of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.
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