| Description |
63 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm. |
| Contents |
How Bruh Sparrow and Sis Wren lost out -- Still and Ugly Bat -- Blue Jay and Swallow take the heat -- Bruh Buzzard and Fair Maid -- Hummingbird and Little Breeze -- When Miss Bat could sing -- Cardinal and Bruh Deer -- Little Brown Wren. |
| Indexed In: |
Wilson's Children, May 1997 |
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School Library Journal starred, May 1996 |
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Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), February 1997 |
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Booklist starred, April 1996 |
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Horn Book Starred, September 1996 |
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Children's Book Review, July 1996 |
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Pub Weekly, February 1996 |
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New York Times, September 1996 |
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Christian Library, September 1997 |
| Summary |
A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on African-American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Civil War. |
| Audience |
4.2 |
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3-6 Follett Library Resources |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Folklore
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Tales -- Southern States.
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Afro-Americans -- Folklore.
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Folklore -- Southern States.
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Birds -- Folklore.
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| Added Author |
Moser, Barry, illustrator.
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| Added Title |
When birds could talk and bats could sing |
| ISBN |
0590473727 : $17.95 |
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032904477X |
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