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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A treasury of dozens of African-American folktales discusses their role in a broader cultural heritage, sharing such classics as the Brer Rabbit stories, the African trickster Anansi, and tales from the late nineteenth-century's "Southern Workman." "Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other...
9) John Henry
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Retells some of the legends of John Henry, an African-American hero who raced against a steam drill to lay railroad tracks on a mountain.
12) Tops & bottoms
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.
13) When birds could talk & bats could sing: the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their friends
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on those African American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Civil War.
16) John Henry
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Author
Publisher
Amistad Books for Young Readers, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Find out why butterflies were made in Zora Neale Hurston's stunning and layered African American folktale retold by #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi and illustrated by Kah Yangni"--
Author
Series
The Library of America volume 75
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
1995
Description
When she died in poverty and obscurity in 1960, all of Zora Neale Hurston's books were out of print. Today her groundbreaking works, suffused with the culture and traditions of African-Americans and the poetry of black speech, have won her recognition as one of the most significant African-American writers. This volume, with its companion, Novels & Stories, brings together for the first time all of Hurston's best writings in one authoritative set....
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