Estimated delivery 3-12 business days
Format Hardcover
Condition Brand New
Description 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.
This is a 32 page picture book version of the late Virginia Hamilton's title story from her award-winning collection of American Black folktales, The People Could Fly which has sold more than 330,000 copies in its various editions and has earned $449,000 in anthology permissions just since 1991. The Dillons, who illustrated the 192 page collection in black and white, have now created all new glorious illustrations in full color for every page of this picture book. A tale about slaves seeking freedom, it is considered her most haunting and moving tale and second only to her Newbery book in sales. Like many books illustrated by the Dillons (see comparative sales) this will be a stand-out gift book for all seasons, all people, and it will also be THE showcase book during Black History Month."THE PEOPLE COULD FLY," the title story in Virginia Hamilton's prize-winning American Black folktale collection, is a fantasy tale of the slaves who possessed the ancient magic words that enabled them to literally fly away to freedom. And it is a moving tale of those who did not have the opportunity to "fly" away, who remained slaves with only their imaginations to set them free as they told and retold this and Diane Dillon have created powerful new illustrations in full color for every page of this picture book presentation of Virginia Hamilton's most beloved tale. The author's original historical note as well as her previously unpublished notes are for The People Could Fly collection-A Coretta Scott King AwardA Booklist Children's Editors' ChoiceA School Library Journal Best Book of the YearA Horn Book FanfareAn ALA Notable BookAn NCTE Teachers' ChoiceA New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Century
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