num_pages: 416
description: The newest volume in the popular Read-Aloud series, this engaging collection features the best African-American short stories and excerpts to read to children in under ten minutes. The diverse tales, selected for their rich histories, spiritual writings and adventurous characters, offer the perfect bed-time--or any other time--activities for parents, grandparents, siblings or babysitters. The book includes 50 beautiful drawings that capture the spirit of these tales, legends, lore and fables. The narratives are faithful adaptations of the oral and written stories passed down through the centuries. They include Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington and Paula Fox.
language: English
title: One-Hundred-and-One African-American Read-Aloud Stories
titlecomplete: One-Hundred-and-One African-American Read-Aloud Stories
genres: Fiction, Cultural, Childrens
ratings_count: 35
publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal