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An illustrated treasury of African American read-aloud stories : more than 40 of the world's best stories for parent and child to share / edited by Susan Kantor ; illustrations by Christian Clayton [and others].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ5 .I298 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories.
- Short stories, American--African American authors.
- Short stories, American.
- African Americans--Folklore.
- African Americans.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- African American read-aloud stories
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, ©2003.
- Summary:
- An illustrated collection of beloved African American stories. Story genres include myths and fables, fairy tales, folk tales, animal stories, stories about slavery, and African-American songs.
- Contents:
- Myths and fables: Anansi gets what he deserves
- Home for sun and moon
- Spirit tree
- Moses in Pharaoh's court
- Hunger, rice and cassava
- Moon king
- Fairy tales: Battle between the birds and the beasts
- Who can break a bad habit?
- Fairy frog
- Magic bones
- Timba, the dissatisfied bird
- Folk tales: Don't blame it on Adam
- Dividing the cheese
- Kimwaki and the weaver birds
- Rooster in a huff
- How tortoise grew a tale
- Wiley and the hairy man
- Friends and helpers: Anansi saves antelope
- Ant and the pigeon
- Badger and otter are friends
- Help from lightning
- Man and the bird
- Hawk and chicken tales: Why hawks kill chickens
- Hawk's gift from the king
- Missing ring
- Rabbit stories: Who ate the butter?
- Hare, the hippo and the elephant
- Granny, Cutta and Cord
- Rabbit's horse
- Favorite uncle Remus: Wonderful tar baby
- Briar patch
- How Sandy got his meat?
- Liar, fool and tall tales: Champion liar
- Fertile land pumpkins, potatoes and corn
- Pumpkins and potatoes
- Salt and puddin'
- Lucky shot
- Biography: Arthur Ashe
- Ray Charles
- Sojourner Truth
- Slavery: Incidents in the life of a slave girl
- Up from slavery
- Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave
- African-American songs: He's got the whole world in his hands
- Swing low, sweet Chariot
- Down by the riverside
- This little light of mine
- Kum ba ya
- Miss Marry Mack
- About the illustrators
- Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- "Read aloud library"--Bookjacket.
- "Copyright ©2003 Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc."--verso of title page.
- "Manufactured in Thailand. Cover and interior design by Liz Driesbach"--verso of title page.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy retains dust jacket.
- ISBN:
- 1579123473
- 9781579123475
- OCLC:
- 54447185
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