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One-hundred-and-one African-American read-aloud stories / edited by Susan Kantor.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PS508.N3 O54 1998 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Literary collections.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Folklore.
- African Americans--Biography.
- Folklore--United States.
- Genre:
- Literature.
- Biographies.
- Folklore.
- Literary collections.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- 101 African-American read-aloud stories
- African-American read-aloud stories
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers : [Distributed by Workman Publishing Company, ©1998].
- Summary:
- This collection includes African-American legends, songs, poetry as well as biographies of heroes and haunting stories of slavery.
- Contents:
- Myths and fables: Discovery of fire
- Anansi gets what he deserves
- Why the chameleon shakes his head
- Two creation myths
- Nine wild dogs and one lion
- A home for sun and moon
- The sheep
- The suspect
- The spirit tree
- A quarrel between earth and sky
- Why people fight
- Why elephants are as intelligent as people
- Moses in Pharoah's court
- Hunger, rice and cassava
- Indaji, the reckless hunter
- The moon king
- A quarrel between friends
- Some African proverbs
- The greedy woman becomes a woodpecker.
- Fairy tales: Baboon skins / Terry Berger
- Battle between the birds and beasts / Frances Carpenter
- Who can break a bad habit? / Frances Carpenter
- Two ways to count to ten / Frances Carpenter
- The fairy frog / Terry Berger
- Pemba and the python and the friendly rat / Frances Carpenter
- The three little eggs / Terry Berger
- The magic bones
- Timba, the dissatisfied bird.
- Folk tales: Don't blame it on Adam
- The bravest of all men
- Why Brer Wasp never laughs
- Dividing the cheese
- Why the hippopotamus lives in the water
- The hyena's dinner
- Kimwaki and the weaver birds
- The 'nsasak and the odudu
- Two riddle stories : Who shall marry the chief's daughter ; Three sons of a chief
- Rooster in a huff
- How the skunk became feared
- How tortoise grew a tail
- Why worms live underground
- Wiley and the Hairy Man.
- Friends and helpers: Anansi saves antelope
- The ant and the pigeon
- Badger and otter are friends
- Help from lightning
- Lion, hare, and hyena
- The man and the bird
- The four friends.
- Hawk and chicken tales: Why hawks kill chickens
- Hawk's gift from the king
- The missing ring
- Why the hawk catches chickens / Joel Chandler Harris.
- Rabbit stories: Who ate the butter?
- Why the rabbit has a short tail and long ears
- The hare, the hippo, and the elephant
- Granny, cutta the cord
- Meeting trouble
- Rabbit's horse
- Wanting a long tail
- The favorite Uncle Remus [tales] : The wonderful tar baby ; The briar patch ; The money mint ; The fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow
- How Sandy got his meat.
- Liar, fool, and tall tales: The champion liar
- Fertile land and pumpkins, potatoes, and corn : Pumpkins and potatoes ; Salt the puddin'
- The splendid liar
- Lucky shot.
- Biography: Alvin Ailey / Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Arthur Ashe / David K. Wright
- Ray Charles / David Ritz
- Daniel "Chappie" James / Glennnette Tilley Turner
- Martin Luther King, Jr. / Robert Jakoubek
- Rosa Parks / Mary Hull
- Colin Powell / Warren Brown
- Arthur Schomberg / Glennette Tilley Turner
- Sojourner Truth / Peter Krass.
- History: Black heroes of the American Revolution : William Lee ; George Latchom ; Austin Dabney ; Prince Whipple ; James Forten / Burke Davis
- African-American inventors / Patricia and Patrick McKissack
- Stealing the planter / Zak Mettger
- Mary Lincoln's dressmaker / Becky Rutberg.
- Slavery: Incidents in the life of a slave girl / Harriet Jacobs
- Up from slavery / Booker T. Washington
- The slave dancer / Paula Fox
- Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave
- My name is not Angelica / Scott O'Dell.
- Growing up: Fast Sam, cool Clyde, and stuff / Walter Dean Myers
- For the life of Laetitia / Merle Hodge
- Sounder / William H. Armstrong
- The cay / Theodore Taylor.
- Songs and poetry: The sweet and sour animal book / Langston Hughes
- African-American songs: He's got the whole world in his hands ; Swing low, sweet chariot ; Amazing grace ; Down by the riverside ; Get on board, little children ; This little light of mine ; Kum ba ya ; Over my head ; Take this hammer ; Miss Mary Mack Mack ; Hambone.
- Notes:
- "Design by Liz Trovato."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy 1: dustjacket retained.
- Banks Collection copy 2: half-title page wanting.
- Banks Collection copy 2 has "Michaela & Dakari" printed on front paste down.
- ISBN:
- 1579120393
- 9781579120399
- 1579120962
- 9781579120962
- OCLC:
- 40486595
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