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Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
[2004], c1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Bear and Brown Squirrel have a disagreement about whether Bear can stop the sun from rising, Brown Squirrel ends up with claw marks on his back and becomes Chipmunk, the striped one.
9) John Henry
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retells the legend of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
14) When birds could talk & bats could sing: the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their friends
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on African-American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Civil War.
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of folktales from people in the Deep South including Cajun, Creole, Native Americans, African Americans, those of English as well as Scotch-Irish-German traditions, and others living in Appalachia.
20) Moss gown
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After failing to flatter her father as much as her two evil sisters do, Candace is banished from his plantation and only after much time and meeting her Prince Charming, is her father able to appreciate her love.
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