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The days when the animals talked; Black American folktales and how they came to be.

Title: The days when the animals talked; Black American folktales and how they came to be. Illus. by Troy Howell.
Author: Faulkner, William J.
Publication: Chicago : Follett, c1977.

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Description

190 p. ill.; 24 cm.

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A retelling of twenty-two black folktales featuring Brer Rabbit and other talking animals and eleven tales of slave life, which provide insight into how and why the folktales evolved, as told to the author around the turn of the century by Simon Brown, a former slave and gifted storyteller.

Call Number

Sc D 11-922

LCCN

76050315

Author

Faulkner, William J.

Title

The days when the animals talked; Black American folktales and how they came to be. Illus. by Troy Howell.

Imprint

Chicago : Follett, c1977.

Added Author

Howell, Troy, ill.

Schomburg Children's Collection.

James Weldon Johnson Collection.

Research Call Number

Sc D 11-922

J 398.2 F