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An illustrated treasury of African American read-aloud stories : more than 40 of the world's best stories for parent and child to share

Call Number

  • J 808.8 ILLU (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers : Distributed by Workman Pub., c2003.

Physical Description

192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

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.

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