Ebook {Epub PDF} The People Could Fly: The Picture Book by Virginia Hamilton

The People Could Fly: The Picture Book. “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 5/5(9). “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/5(). This is a picture book edition of a single story from Virginia Hamilton’s collection The People Could Fly: American Black Folk Tales. The narrative of this folktale is in the tradition of oral storytelling, lyrical and moving. Prior to capture into slavery, some Africans had the magical power of flight/5.

THE PEOPLE COULD FLY: The Picture Book Virginia Hamilton, Author, illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Knopf $ (32p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. A White. The People Could Fly by Virginia Hamilton, , Knopf, Distributed by Random House edition, in English - 1st ed. Read reviews and buy The People Could Fly: The Picture Book - by Virginia Hamilton (Paperback) at Target. Choose from contactless Same Day Delivery, Drive Up and more.

This picture book, elegantly illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, depicts the title story from The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton. Virginia Hamilton (American, –) was an award-winning children's book author who described her work as "Liberation Literature." First published in , The People Could Fly contains a collection of folktales retold by Hamilton, including the legend of the "Flying African," which celebrates imagination and creativity. VIRGINIA HAMILTON, the first black person to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur genius grant, won the Coretta Scott King Award for The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales. In her lifetime, Virginia wrote and published 41 books in multiple genres that spanned picture books and folktales, mysteries and science fiction, realistic novels and biography. This is a picture book edition of a single story from Virginia Hamilton’s collection The People Could Fly: American Black Folk Tales. The narrative of this folktale is in the tradition of oral storytelling, lyrical and moving. Prior to capture into slavery, some Africans had the magical power of flight.