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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The People Could Fly The People Could Fly Virginia Hamilton "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 beautifull… OL112129W
Callie Ann and Mistah Bear Callie Ann and Mistah Bear Robert D. San Souci A bear disguised as a fine, handsome man comes courting Callie's mother and Callie must outwit the bear to prevent her mother from marrying it. OL15077017W
More tales of Uncle Remus More tales of Uncle Remus Julius Lester A retelling of the continuing adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies. OL1814429W
Further tales of Uncle Remus Further tales of Uncle Remus Julius Lester A retelling of the classic Afro-American tales relating the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies. OL1814451W
A voice for the people A voice for the people Nina Jaffe A biography of the folklorist and novelist who recorded the traditional songs and stories of the people of Haiti, the Hopi Indians, and black communities in the South, connecting the African-American… OL1858146W
What's the hurry, Fox? What's the hurry, Fox? Joyce Carol Thomas Presents a volume of pourquoi tales collected by Zora Neale Hurston from her field research in the Gulf states in the 1920s. OL477599W
Folk beliefs of the southern Negro Folk beliefs of the southern Negro Newbell Niles Puckett Originally produced as for a Doctorate of Philosophy at Yale, this remarkable history of twenty or so years of Black life in the South is fascinating. Centering around folklore and superstition, it d… OL6440771W
Little Eight John Little Eight John Jan Wahl Little Eight John, as mean as mean there was, persists in disobeying his mother until he finds his mischief backfiring on him. OL81683W