num_pages: 192
description: Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children's literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In her prize-winning anthology of American Black folktales, The People Could Fly, Hamilton has gathered and retold a collection of stories that teach us much, move us deeply, and make us laugh out loud.
language: English
title: The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
titlecomplete: The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Picture Books, Folk Tales, Middle Grade, Childrens, Mythology, Fantasy, Folklore, African American
ratings_count: 1529
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: The Other Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers