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| Genre/Form: | Folklore |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Virginia Hamilton; Leo Dillon; Diane Dillon |
| ISBN: | 0394869257 9780394869254 0394969251 9780394969251 0744505240 9780744505245 0375804714 9780375804717 |
| OCLC Number: | 11397814 |
| Awards: | Coretta Scott King Award, author, 1986. Coretta Scott King Honor, illustrator, 1986. |
| Description: | xii, 178 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. |
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Abstract:
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.
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