Book
An illustrated treasury of African American read-aloud stories : more than 40 of the world's best stories for parent and child to share
Publication Information
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers : Distributed by Workman Pub., c2003.
Physical Description
192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Series
Summary
An illustrated collection of beloved African American stories. Story genres include myths and fables, fairy tales, folk tales, animal stories, stories about slavery, and African-American songs.
Contents
- Myths and fables: Anansi gets what he deserves
- A home for Sun and Moon
- The spirit tree
- Moses in Pharaoh's court
- Hunger, rice and cassava
- The Moon King
- Fairy tales: Battle between the birds and the beasts
- Who can break a bad habit?
- the fairy frog
- The magic bones
- Timba, the dissatisfied bird
- Folk tales: Don't blame it on Adam
- Dividing the cheese
- Kimwaki and the weaver birds
- Rooster in a hugg
- How tortoise grew a tale
- Wiley and the hairy man
- Friends and helpers: Anansi saves Antelope
- The ant and the pigeon
- Badger and Otter are friends
- Help from lightning
- The man and the bird
- Hawk and chicken tales: Why hawks kill chickens
- Hawk's gift from the king
- the missing ring
- Rabbit stories: Who ate the butter?
- The hare, the hippo, and the elephant
- Granny, cutta the cord
- Rabbit's horse
- The favorite Uncle Remus: The wonderful tar baby
- The briar patch
- How Sandy got his meat
- Liar, fool, and tall tales: The champion liar
- Fertile land, pumpkins, potatoes, and corn: Pumpkins and potatoes
- Salt and puddin'
- Lucky shot
- Biography: Arthur Ashe
- Ray Charles
- Sojourner Truth
- Slavery: Incidents in the life of a slave girl
- Up from slavery
- Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave
- African-American songs: He's got the whole world in his hands
- Swing low, sweet chariot
- Down by the riverside
- This little light of mine
- Kum Ba Ya
- Miss Mary Mack.