The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

"The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable. With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons, this collection should be snapped up."--(starred) School Library Journal. 

This book has been selected as a Common Core State Standards text Exemplar (Grade 6-8, Stories) in Appendix B.

• Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
• Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
• Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery
• The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books)
• The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
• Favorite African Folktales
• Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Vashti Harrison)
• 100 African-Americans Who Shaped American History (100 Series)
• Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti
• Nadia's Hands