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Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens, Stevens, Janet Stevens (Illustrator)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780152928513
  • Sales Rank: 15,031
  • Pub. Date: March 1995

Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.  More

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Abiyoyo : Based on a South African Lullaby and Folk Story by Pete Seeger, Michael Hays (Illustrator)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780689718106
  • Sales Rank: 17,276
  • Pub. Date: January 1994

American folk singer Pete Seeger retells a South African folktale about a boy and his father who, after being banished from town for making mischief, are welcomed back when ...  More

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Anansi the Spider : A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott, Gerald McDermott (Illustrator)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780805003116
  • Sales Rank: 22,918
  • Pub. Date: March 1987

In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life, Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.  More

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Abiyoyo : Based on a South African Lullaby and Folk Story by Pete Seeger, Michael Hays (Illustrator)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780689846939
  • Sales Rank: 22,983
  • Pub. Date: October 2001

American folk singer Pete Seeger retells a South African folktale about a boy and his father who, after being banished from town for making mischief, are welcomed back when ...  More

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The People Could Fly : American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator) , Diane Dillon (Illustrator)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780679843368
  • Sales Rank: 98,412
  • Pub. Date: January 1993

Many of the stories in this collection were told among slaves as they dreamt of freedom or remembered their lives in Africa. Hamilton focuses on several themes—animal tales, ...  More

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John Henry : An American Legend by Ezra Jack Keats, Anne Schwartz (Editor)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780394890524
  • Sales Rank: 92,887
  • Pub. Date: May 1987

Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand.  More

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The Tales of Uncle Remus : The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780142407202
  • Sales Rank: 107,891
  • Pub. Date: December 2006

Originally told by Southern slaves, these animal tales were collected by Joel Chandler Harris and published between 1896 and 1918. Lester has selected and rewritten forty- ...  More

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The Adventures of Brer Rabbit and Friends by Joel Chandler Harris (Compiler) , Joel Chandler Harris (Compiler) , Eric Copeland (Illustrator) , Eric Copeland (Illustrator) , Karima Amin (Retold by)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780756618131
  • Sales Rank: 111,707
  • Pub. Date: April 2006

A retelling of the classic African American tales about Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies, animals who are constantly on the prowl to fool each other.  More

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The Tales of Uncle Remus : The Adventures of Brer Rabbit by Julius Lester, Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) , Jerry Pinckney (Illustrator)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780803702714
  • Sales Rank: 122,833
  • Pub. Date: April 1987

Originally told by Southern slaves, these animal tales were collected by Joel Chandler Harris and published between 1896 and 1918. Lester has selected and rewritten forty- ...  More

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What's the Hurry, Fox? : And Other Animal Stories by Zora Neale Hurston, Joyce Carol Thomas, Bryan Collier (Illustrator) , Zora Neale Hurston (Based On Work by)

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  • ISBN-13: 9780060006433
  • Sales Rank: 135,971
  • Pub. Date: April 2004

Presents a volume of pourquoi tales collected by Zora Neale Hurston from her field research in the Gulf states in the 1920s.  More

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