The people could fly :
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, ©1985Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0394869257; 9780394869254; 0394969251; 9780394969251; 0744505240; 9780744505245; 0375804714; 9780375804717; 0679843361; 9780679843368; 9780780725966; 0780725964Subject(s): African Americans -- Folklore | Tales -- United States | Blacks -- Folklore | Coretta Scott King Award | American negro tales - Anthologies - For childrenGenre/Form: Children's nonfiction. | Folklore. | Folklore. | Legends.Additional physical formats: Online version:: People could fly.DDC classification: 398.2/08996073 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher descriptionItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Main Library Junior Fiction (JF) | JF .H217 1985 | Checked out | 16/03/2025 | 26983 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178).
He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit and other animal tales. He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit -- Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby -- Tappin, the land turtle -- Bruh Alligator and Bruh Deer -- Bruh Lizard and Bruh Rabbit -- Bruh Alligator meets trouble -- Wolf and birds and the fish-horse.
The beautiful girl of the moon tower and other tales of the real, extravagant, and fanciful. The beautiful girl of the moon tower -- A wolf and little daughter -- Manuel had a riddle -- Pappa John's tall tale -- The two Johns -- Wiley, his mama, and the hairy man.
John and the devil's daughter and other tales of the supernatural. John and the devil's daughter -- The peculiar such thing -- Little Eight John -- Jack and the devil -- Better wait till Martin comes.
Carrying the running-aways and other slave tales of freedom. Carrying the running-aways -- How Nehemiah got free -- The talking cooter -- The riddle tale of freedom -- The most useful slave -- The people could fly.
Cassette features: He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit -- The peculiar such thing -- How Nehemiah got free -- The talking cooter -- John and the devil's daughter -- Tappin, the land turtle -- Papa John's tall tale -- A wolf and little daughter -- Better wait till Martin comes -- Little eight John -- Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby -- The people could fly.
Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.
480L Lexile.
Decoding indicator: 60 (middle) Semantic indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 70 (high) Structure indicator: 90 (high) Lexile.
Accelerated Reader LG 3.7 0.5.