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245 00 a| African-American folktales for young readers :b| including favorite stories from African and African-American storytellers /c| collected and edited by Richard Alan Young and Judy Dockrey Young.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

300 a| 176 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| American storytelling;

520 a| 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.;

505 0 a| 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.;

650 0 a| African Americansv| Folklore.=| ^A491406;

650 0 a| Talesz| United States.=| ^A91628;

650 0 a| Folklorez| United States.=| ^A16551;

700 1 a| Young, Richard,d| 1946 March 1-=| ^A297555;

700 1 a| Young, Judy Dockrey,d| 1949-=| ^A297556;

830 0 a| American storytelling.=| ^A328482;

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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
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Atlanta : August House, ©1993.
Description	176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects	African Americans--Folklore. Tales--United States. Folklore--United States.

Series	American 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
ISBN	0874833086 (hb)
ISBN	9780874833089 (hb)
ISBN	0874833094 (pb)
ISBN	9780874833096 (pb)

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