Virginia Hamilton
Virginia Hamilton, storyteller, lecturer, and biographer, was born and raised in Yellow Springs, OH, which is said to be a station on the Underground Railroad. Her grandfather settled in the village after escaping slavery in Virginia. She was educated at Antioch College and Ohio State University and did further study in literature and the novel at the New School for Social Research. Virginia was the first African American woman to win the Newbery Award, for M.C. Higgins the Great. Since then, she has won three Newbery Honors and three Coretta Scott King Awards. In 1992, Virginia was awarded the Hans Christian...
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The People Could Fly Picture Book and CD
Package | 32 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-0-375-84553-6 (0-375-84553-4)
September 11, 2007 | $22.99
LEO AND DIANE DILLON'S award-winning picture book interpretation of Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton's beloved tale now includes an unforgettable word-for-word CD narration by James Earl Jones and Virginia Hamilton. This tale of slaves who could fly to freedom offered hope in the darkly brutal times of slavery. "That is what Virginia...
Package | 32 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-0-375-84553-6 (0-375-84553-4)
September 11, 2007 | $22.99
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LEO AND DIANE DILLON'S award-winning picture book interpretation of Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton's beloved tale now includes an unforgettable word-for-word CD narration by James Earl Jones and Virginia Hamilton. This tale of slaves who could fly to freedom offered hope in the darkly brutal times of slavery. "That is what Virginia...
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
Hardcover | 32 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-0-375-82405-0 (0-375-82405-7)
November 9, 2004 | $24.95
“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...
Hardcover | 32 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Ethnic - African American
978-0-375-82405-0 (0-375-82405-7)
November 9, 2004 | $24.95
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“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...
Many Thousand Gone
Trade Paperback | 160 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - United States
978-0-679-87936-7 (0-679-87936-6)
December 12, 1995 | $19.95
Unavailable for several years, Virginia Hamilton’s award-winning companion to The People Could Fly traces the history of slavery in America in the voices and stories of those who lived it. Leo and Diane Dillon’s brilliant black-and-white illustrations echo the stories’ subtlety and power, making this book as stunning to look at...
Trade Paperback | 160 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - United States
978-0-679-87936-7 (0-679-87936-6)
December 12, 1995 | $19.95
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Unavailable for several years, Virginia Hamilton’s award-winning companion to The People Could Fly traces the history of slavery in America in the voices and stories of those who lived it. Leo and Diane Dillon’s brilliant black-and-white illustrations echo the stories’ subtlety and power, making this book as stunning to look at...
Anthony Burns
Paperback | 208 pages | Laurel Leaf | Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - People of Color
978-0-679-83997-2 (0-679-83997-6)
January 4, 1993 | $8.99
Now in Laurel-Leaf, Virginia Hamilton's powerful true account of the sensational trial of a fugitive slave.
The year is 1854, and Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old Virginia slave, has escaped to Boston. But according to the Fugitive Slave Act, a runaway can be captured in any free state, and Anthony is soon imprisoned...
Written by Virginia Hamilton
Paperback | 208 pages | Laurel Leaf | Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - People of Color
978-0-679-83997-2 (0-679-83997-6)
January 4, 1993 | $8.99
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Now in Laurel-Leaf, Virginia Hamilton's powerful true account of the sensational trial of a fugitive slave.
The year is 1854, and Anthony Burns, a 20-year-old Virginia slave, has escaped to Boston. But according to the Fugitive Slave Act, a runaway can be captured in any free state, and Anthony is soon imprisoned...
The People Could Fly
Trade Paperback | 192 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States
978-0-679-84336-8 (0-679-84336-1)
January 4, 1993 | $17.00
"The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: 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, this collection should be snapped up."--(starred) School Library Journal. ...
Trade Paperback | 192 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States
978-0-679-84336-8 (0-679-84336-1)
January 4, 1993 | $17.00
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"The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: 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, this collection should be snapped up."--(starred) School Library Journal. ...
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hardcover.
The People Could Fly
Hardcover | 192 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States
978-0-394-86925-4 (0-394-86925-7)
October 12, 1985 | $27.99
"The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: 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, this collection should be snapped up."--(starred) School Library Journal.
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Hardcover | 192 pages | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Historical - United States
978-0-394-86925-4 (0-394-86925-7)
October 12, 1985 | $27.99
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"The well-known author retells 24 black American folk tales in sure storytelling voice: 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, this collection should be snapped up."--(starred) School Library Journal.
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