People Could Fly, The |
Publication Information
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Author: Hamilton, Virginia |
Illustrator: Dillon, Leo and Diane |
Title: People Could Fly, The |
Date: 1985 |
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: |
ISBN, hardback: 0-679-84336-1 |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
legends, tales, and myths
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading
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Summary: |
These collected folk tales that were told by slaves fall into four categories: animal stories, tall tales, the supernatural, and tales of freedom. The author includes an introduction and a bibliography. |
Teaching Ideas: |
The voice of the storyteller in simple dialect encourages using a Read Aloud or Readers' Theater teaching strategy. The books works equally well in a text set on slavery or of legends, tales and myths. The title story raises the question about what purpose the tales served for the slaves. Since the story, "Carrying the Running-Aways" takes place in Ripley, Ohio, teachers may want to pair this book with Freedom's Light, a non-fiction book about Underground Railroad activities in Ripley. |
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