African-American folktales for young readers : including favorite stories from African and African-American storytellers / collected and edited by Richard Alan Young and Judy Dockrey Young.

Other author Young, Richard, 1946 March 1-
Other author Young, Judy Dockrey, 1949-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoAtlanta : August House, ©1993.
Description176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAmerican storytelling
American storytelling. ^A328482
Contents Languages of Africa -- Young heroes and heroines -- Beautiful brown eyes -- The Sizimweh -- Wild Man -- The girl and the ghost -- Wham! Slam! Jenny-Mo-Jam! -- Wylie and the Hairy Man -- Animal fables -- Python and Lizard -- Mr. Frog rides Mr. Elephant -- Brother Lion and Brother Man -- How Br'er Rabbit outsmarted the frogs -- Trickster stories -- Anansi tries to steal all the wisdom in the world -- Why Anansi has a narrow waist -- Anansi and Turtle -- Fling-a-mile -- Anansi and Candlefly -- That mule won't work -- Clever Mollie -- Why Brother Alligator has a rough back -- Parables about people -- The faithful brother -- Meat of the tongue -- The gluttonous rich man -- Three young men go out to find death -- Bigger than life -- John Henry -- Annie Christmas -- Casey Jones and his friends -- In the park and in the dark -- Jack and the fish -- Tillie -- Johnny and the liver -- My friend Bennie -- Brother Rabbit today -- The cabbage inspector -- Brother Possum and Brother Snake.
Abstract A collection of folktales from the African-American oral tradition, presented as they have been told by professional black storytellers from Rhode Island to Oklahoma.
LCCN 92038264
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