Her stories : African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales /

Hamilton, Virginia.

Her stories : African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon. - New York : The Blue Sky Press, c1995. - xiii, 112 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-112)

Her animal tales: Little girl and Buh Rabby -- Lena and Big One Tiger -- Marie and Redfish -- Miz Hattie gets some company -- Her fairy tales: Catskinella -- Good Blanche, bad Rose, and the talking eggs -- Mary Belle and the mermaid -- Mom Bett and the little ones a-glowing -- Her supernatural: Who you! -- Macie and Boo Hag -- Lonna and Cat Woman -- Malindy and Little Devil -- Her folkways and legends: Woman and man started even -- Luella and the tame parrot -- The mer-woman out of the sea -- Annie Christmas -- Her true tales: Millie Evans: plantation times -- Lettice Boyer: from way back -- Mary Lou Thornton: my family.

Nineteen stories which focus on the magical lore and wondrous imaginings of African American women.

880 Lexile. 460 Lexile.



0590473689 0590473700 0590566032 (Limited ed.) 9780590473705

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African American women--Folklore--Juvenile literature.

GR111.A47 / H35 1995

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