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Cover of The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton

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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

written by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon

Ages 10–13 · Grades 5–8 · 178 pages · 1994

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"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.

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Ages 10–13 · Grades 5–8

Grade ranges are editorial guidance. Every reader is different.

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