Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

The people could fly

Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002.

The people could fly American black folktales / [sound recording] : - [New York] : Audio Bookshelf, p2005. - 4 sound discs (4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Compact disc. Unabridged.

Disc 1. Animal tales -- disc 2. Tales of the real, extravagant, and fanciful -- disc 3. Tales of the supernatural -- disc 4. Slave tales of freedom.

Performed by Andrew Barnes.

In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away.

All ages.

0974171182 9780974171180


Slavery--Folklore.
African Americans--Folklore.
Folklore--United States.
Children's audiobooks.

PZ8.1.H154 / Pg 2005

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