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The People Could Fly

Author	: Virginia Hamilton
Publisher	: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date	: 1985
ISBN 10	: MINN:31951D01730461G
Pages	: 196 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (51 users)

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Download or read book The People Could Fly written by Virginia Hamilton and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1985 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.

The People Could Fly

Author	: Virginia Hamilton
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1985
ISBN 10	: 0590482114
Pages	: 196 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (14 users)

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Download or read book The People Could Fly written by Virginia Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope--Résumé de l'éditeur.

The People Could Fly: The Picture Book

Author	: Virginia Hamilton
Publisher	: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date	: 2015-01-06
ISBN 10	: 9780553507812
Pages	: 32 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (78 users)

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Download or read book The People Could Fly: The Picture Book written by Virginia Hamilton and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “THE PEOPLE COULD FLY,” the title story in Virginia Hamilton’s prize-winning American Black folktale collection, is a fantasy tale of the slaves who possessed the ancient magic words that enabled them to literally fly away to freedom. And it is a moving tale of those who did not have the opportunity to “fly” away, who remained slaves with only their imaginations to set them free as they told and retold this tale. Leo and Diane Dillon have created powerful new illustrations in full color for every page of this picture book presentation of Virginia Hamilton’s most beloved tale. The author’s original historical note as well as her previously unpublished notes are included. Awards for The People Could Fly collection: A Coretta Scott King Award A Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice A School Library Journal Best Books of the Year A Horn Book Fanfare An ALA Notable Book An NCTE Teachers’ Choice A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the Year

Young Adult Fiction by African American Writers, 1968-1993

Author	: Deborah Kutenplon
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2014-04-08
ISBN 10	: 9781135528294
Pages	: 426 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (282 users)

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Download or read book Young Adult Fiction by African American Writers, 1968-1993 written by Deborah Kutenplon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Write Your Own Folktale

Author	: Natalie M. Rosinsky
Publisher	: Capstone
Release Date	: 2008
ISBN 10	: 9780756535162
Pages	: 34 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (351 users)

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Download or read book Write Your Own Folktale written by Natalie M. Rosinsky and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2008 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how to write folktales, discussing such literary elements as setting, character, point of view, and plot, and contains examples from successful books and profiles of notable authors.

Dark Matter

Author	: Sheree R. Thomas
Publisher	: Hachette UK
Release Date	: 2004-01-02
ISBN 10	: 9780759509641
Pages	: 289 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (96 users)

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Download or read book Dark Matter written by Sheree R. Thomas and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2004-01-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark Matter is the first and only series to bring together the works of black SF and fantasy writers. The first volume was featured in the "New York Times," which named it a Notable Book of the Year.

Transnational Trills in the Africana World

Author	: Cheryl Sterling
Publisher	: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date	: 2019-03-18
ISBN 10	: 9781527531536
Pages	: 362 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (315 users)

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Download or read book Transnational Trills in the Africana World written by Cheryl Sterling and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on how music and arts in the global Africana world are used for political and social change. It will be an essential resource for scholars and students in African studies, Africana, Afro-Atlantic studies, diaspora studies, sociology, music, literature, politics and culture. The volume is divided into three sections, namely “Music and Politics”, “Case Studies of Experiential Practices in Healing and Education”, and “Literature, the Arts, and Political Expression”, which cross subject areas such as nationalism, political identity, post-coloniality, health, education, orality, and cultural expressivity. Diverse topics are covered, such as the African thematics of jazz, the Y’en a Marre/Fed Up movement in Senegal, the Occupy Nigeria movement, NGO activism in Brazil, and Africana performance traditions, as well as the dynamics of oral and written literature. The articles explore works by Joseph Conrad, Nathaniel Mackey, Kofi Awoonor, and Ngugi wa Thiong’o, as well as the artistic expression of Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room

Author	: Ian Alteveer
Publisher	: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date	: 2022-02-04
ISBN 10	: 9781588397454
Pages	: 52 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (974 users)

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Download or read book Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room written by Ian Alteveer and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2022-02-04 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seneca Village—a vibrant nineteenth-century community of predominantly Black landowners and tenants—flourished just west of The Met's current location until the city used eminent domain to seize the land in 1857, displacing its residents to make room for the construction of Central Park. The Met's latest Bulletin, Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room, imagines a different history in the form of a new type of installation that departs from traditionally Eurocentric period displays to present a fictional but resonant domestic space. Texts by Ian Alteveer, Hannah Beachler, Michelle Commander, and Sarah Lawrence honor the real, lived history of the Seneca Village residents, while also exploring works by Black creators from the eighteenth century to the present day through the empowering lens of Afrofuturism. Including images of new works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Roberto Lugo, and Cyrus Kabiru, as well as an original graphic novella by New York Times bestselling author and illustrator John Jennings, this publication foregrounds generations of Black creativity and looks forward to a resilient future.

The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-1999

Author	: Henrietta M. Smith
Publisher	: American Library Association
Release Date	: 1999-06
ISBN 10	: 083893496X
Pages	: 135 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (6 users)

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Download or read book The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-1999 written by Henrietta M. Smith and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides annotations of the winning and honor books, biographies of prominent African American authors and illustrators, and interviews with Jerry Pinkney and author Walter Dean Myers.

The Toni Morrison Encyclopedia

Author	: Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu
Publisher	: Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date	: 2003
ISBN 10	: 0313316996
Pages	: 428 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (96 users)

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Download or read book The Toni Morrison Encyclopedia written by Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2003 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alphabetically arranged entries discuss the Nobel Prize-winning author's works, themes, and major characters, as well as providing an overview of her life and achievements.

Common Core: PARCC ELA/Literacy Assessments, Grades 6-8

Author	: Dennis Fare
Publisher	: Research & Education Assoc.
Release Date	: 2013-10-20
ISBN 10	: 9780738684727
Pages	: 352 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (847 users)

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Download or read book Common Core: PARCC ELA/Literacy Assessments, Grades 6-8 written by Dennis Fare and published by Research & Education Assoc.. This book was released on 2013-10-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REA's PARCC Assessments: ELA Literacy - Grades 6-8 Study Guide Take Control of the Common Core with REA's New Study Guide! The educational landscape is changing and REA is at the forefront of the new PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) assessments that millions of students will soon face. This targeted study guide is designed for teachers and students in PARCC states, and is fully-aligned with the Common Core standards. Covers Must-Know PARCC ELA Topics: Our PARCC Assessments: English Language Arts/ Literacy Study Guide covers all the must-know PARCC ELA Grade 6-8 material. Each chapter includes step-by-step instruction and practice for every topic tested on the PARCC English Language Arts/Literacy exam: interactive reading, literary analysis, narrative, and research simulation tasks. Written in an-easy-to-understand style, the book also offers step-by-step procedures and tips on writing great essays. Written by an Expert: Our author is a curriculum expert and former English teacher who has studied the format and content of the PARCC standards and the ELA exams. Each lesson is based on actual PARCC ELA guidelines and follows the Common Core standards. A Handy Guide for Teachers: This book brings the common core down to the classroom level, deciphering what it all means to the way students are taught. Our author gives teachers practical guidance on how the ELA/Literary assessment should shape teaching methods and lesson plans. Easy-to-understand explanations of PARCC standards take the confusion out of the PARCC ELA exams. This study guide is a must-have for students and teachers who are facing the PARCC and the new Common Core State Standards! What Are the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)? The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The standards provide teachers and parents with an understanding of what students are expected to learn. Consistent standards provide appropriate benchmarks for all students, regardless of where they live. These standards define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education so they will graduate high school able to succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing academic college courses and in workforce training programs.

Coretta Scott King Award Books

Author	: Claire Gatrell Stephens
Publisher	: Libraries Unlimited
Release Date	: 2000
ISBN 10	: 9781563086854
Pages	: 238 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (868 users)

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Download or read book Coretta Scott King Award Books written by Claire Gatrell Stephens and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists and describes award winners through 1999, provides selected bibliographies of winning authors and illustrators, and offers classroom applications of selected fiction titles, with vocabulary lists, study questions, worksheets, and activities.

Multicultural Literature and Response

Author	: Lynn Atkinson Smolen
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2011
ISBN 10	: 9781598844740
Pages	: 453 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (447 users)

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Download or read book Multicultural Literature and Response written by Lynn Atkinson Smolen and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All students need access to books in which they can see themselves--not just their physical appearance, but their culture and language, as well. "Multicultural Literature and Response: Affirming Diverse Voices" was written to help teachers and librarians find and use the best multicultural books in the service of reading comprehension and more. Underscoring the necessity of selecting quality literature that authentically, sensitively, and accurately portrays different groups, the book defines multicultural literature and provides a strong argument for its importance in schools and libraries. Expert contributors guide users to multicultural authors and illustrators who portrays U.S. ethnic and cultural groups, and they suggest ways to integrate this literature with writing, fluency development, storytelling, and audiovisuals. Extensive lists of books and websites that feature multicultural literature, as well as of authors, illustrators, and publishers of multicultural literature, make it easy to include such works in programs across the curriculum.

The Annotated African American Folktales

Author	: Henry Louis Gates
Publisher	: Liveright Publishing
Release Date	: 2017-11-14
ISBN 10	: 9780871407566
Pages	: 704 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (75 users)

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Download or read book The Annotated African American Folktales written by Henry Louis Gates and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2018 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction These nearly 150 African American folktales animate our past and reclaim a lost cultural legacy to redefine American literature. Drawing from the great folklorists of the past while expanding African American lore with dozens of tales rarely seen before, The Annotated African American Folktales revolutionizes the canon like no other volume. Following in the tradition of such classics as Arthur Huff Fauset’s “Negro Folk Tales from the South” (1927), Zora Neale Hurston’s Mules and Men (1935), and Virginia Hamilton’s The People Could Fly (1985), acclaimed scholars Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar assemble a groundbreaking collection of folktales, myths, and legends that revitalizes a vibrant African American past to produce the most comprehensive and ambitious collection of African American folktales ever published in American literary history. Arguing for the value of these deceptively simple stories as part of a sophisticated, complex, and heterogeneous cultural heritage, Gates and Tatar show how these remarkable stories deserve a place alongside the classic works of African American literature, and American literature more broadly. Opening with two introductory essays and twenty seminal African tales as historical background, Gates and Tatar present nearly 150 African American stories, among them familiar Brer Rabbit classics, but also stories like “The Talking Skull” and “Witches Who Ride,” as well as out-of-print tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman. Beginning with the figure of Anansi, the African trickster, master of improvisation—a spider who plots and weaves in scandalous ways—The Annotated African American Folktales then goes on to draw Caribbean and Creole tales into the orbit of the folkloric canon. It retrieves stories not seen since the Harlem Renaissance and brings back archival tales of “Negro folklore” that Booker T. Washington proclaimed had emanated from a “grapevine” that existed even before the American Revolution, stories brought over by slaves who had survived the Middle Passage. Furthermore, Gates and Tatar’s volume not only defines a new canon but reveals how these folktales were hijacked and misappropriated in previous incarnations, egregiously by Joel Chandler Harris, a Southern newspaperman, as well as by Walt Disney, who cannibalized and capitalized on Harris’s volumes by creating cartoon characters drawn from this African American lore. Presenting these tales with illuminating annotations and hundreds of revelatory illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, more fundamentally, inspire and keep hope alive. The Annotated African American Folktales includes: Introductory essays, nearly 150 African American stories, and 20 seminal African tales as historical background The familiar Brer Rabbit classics, as well as news-making vernacular tales from the 1890s’ Southern Workman An entire section of Caribbean and Latin American folktales that finally become incorporated into the canon Approximately 200 full-color, museum-quality images

American Black Women in the Arts and Social Sciences

Author	: Ora Williams
Publisher	: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date	: 2003-04
ISBN 10	: 0810846608
Pages	: 468 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (8 users)

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Download or read book American Black Women in the Arts and Social Sciences written by Ora Williams and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback! Calls attention to the many contributions African-American women have made to American and world culture. Includes pictures of artists, art works, and authors.

Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults

Author	: Barbara Thrash Murphy
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2006-12-21
ISBN 10	: 9781135873554
Pages	: 524 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (735 users)

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Download or read book Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults written by Barbara Thrash Murphy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-12-21 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults is a biographical dictionary that provides comprehensive coverage of all major authors and illustrators – past and present. As the only reference volume of its kind available, this book is a valuable research tool that provides quick access for anyone studying black children’s literature – whether one is a student, a librarian charged with maintaining a children’s literature collection, or a scholar of children’s literature. The Fourth Edition of this renowned reference work illuminates African American contributions to children’s literature and books for young adults. The new edition contains updated and new information for existing author/illustrator entries, the addition of approximately 50 new profiles, and a new section listing online resources of interest to the authors and readers of black children’s literature.

After the Pain

Author	: Fiona Mills
Publisher	: Peter Lang
Release Date	: 2006
ISBN 10	: 0820478385
Pages	: 292 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (85 users)

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Download or read book After the Pain written by Fiona Mills and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a poet, playwright, novelist, short-story writer, and critic, Gayl Jones has always resisted labels in her quest to find a liberating voice for black women and herself. With a poet's lyricism and a musician's ear for rhythm, she continually seeks new ways to confront the barriers, traumas, insecurities, and prejudices oppressing black women, and, by extension, all women. After the Pain: Critical Essays on Gayl Jones is the first comprehensive collection of essays dedicated solely to the exploration of Jones's work. Ranging from analyses of her use of language and music to reevaluations of her representation of sexuality and gender roles to examinations of the oft-overlooked connections between Latin America and African Americans, each of these essays investigates Jones's desire to continually complicate the process of identity formation.