African-American folktales for young readers : including favorite stories from African and African-American storytellers / collected and edited by Richard Alan Young and Judy Dockrey Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Young, Richard, 1946 March 1- editor.

Young, Judy Dockrey, 1949- editor.

Ellis, Rex M., 1951- writer of introduction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

American storytelling

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Folklore.

African Americans.

Tales--United States.

Tales.

Folklore--United States.

Storytelling--Collections.

United States.

Afro-American setting.

Local Subjects:

Afro-American setting.

Genre:

Short stories.

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

176 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

Little Rock : August House Publishers, Inc., [©1993].

Summary:

A collection of folktales from the African-American oral tradition, presented as they have been told by professional black storytellers from Rhode Island to Oklahoma.

Contents:

Languages of Africa

Young Heroes and Heroines. Beautiful brown eyes; The Sizimweh; Wild Man; The girl and the ghost; Wham! Slam! Jenny-Mo-Jam!; Wylie and the Hairy Man

Animal Fables. Python and Lizard; Mr. Frog rides Mr. Elephant; Brother Lion and Brother Man; How Br'er Rabbit outsmarted the frogs

Trickster Stories. Anansi tries to steal all the wisdom in the world; Why Anansi has a narrow waist; Anansi and Turtle; Fling-a-mile; Anansi and Candlefly; That mule won't work; Clever Mollie; Why Brother Alligator has a rough back

Parables About People. The faithful brother; Meat of the tongue; The gluttonous rich man; Three young men go out to find death

Bigger Than Life. John Henry; Annie Christmas; Casey Jones and his friends

In the Park and in the Dark. Jack and the fish; Tillie; Johnny and the liver; My friend Bennie

Brother Rabbit Today. The cabbage inspector; Brother Possum and Brother Snake.

Notes:

"Illustrations: Kenneth Harris."

Introduction by Rex M. Ellis.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Other Format:

Online version: African-American folktales for young readers.

ISBN:

0874833086

9780874833089

0874833094

9780874833096

OCLC:

27643065