The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
Scholastic. 1994. Softcover. 180pp. Faint rubbing to edges of cover. A Near Fine copy profusely illustrated in black and white. Vintage 90's reprint school edition.
24 black American folk tales: animal tales, supernatural tales, fanciful and cautionary tales, and slave tales of freedom. All are beautifully readable. With the added attraction of 40 wonderfully expressive paintings by the Dillons.
