The People Could Fly
by Hamilton, Virginia
Virginia Hamilton, storyteller, lecturer, and biographer, was born and raised in Yellow Springs, OH, which is said to be a station on the Underground Railroad. Her grandfather settled in the village after escaping slavery in Virginia. She was educated at Antioch College and Ohio State University and did further study in literature and the novel at the New School for Social Research. Virginia was the first African American woman to win the Newbery Award, for M.C. Higgins the Great. Since then, she has won three Newbery Honors and three Coretta Scott King Awards. In 1992, Virginia was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, which is presented every two years by the International Board on Books for Young People, in recognition of her entire body of work. Virginia writes first for the pleasure of using words and language to evoke characters and their world, and in historical accounts such as Anthony Burns, the lives of real people. Secondly, Hamilton writes to entertain, to inspire in people the desire to read on and on good books made especially for them. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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HAMILTON, Virginia. The People Could Fly. The Picture Book. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. NY: Alfred A. Knopf [2004]. 4to, [32]pp. Color pictorial boards. Black patterned endpapers; color illustration on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. Signed by two-time Caldecott Medalists, Leo & Diane Dillon, and with a bookplate signed by Newbery Medalist Virginia… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in sage green boards with a turquoise cloth spine, silver lettering, no dust jacket.. First printing. A collection of African American folktales, from animal tales Bruh (or Brer) Rabbit, to stories of the fantastic and supernatural. Includes a section of tales about running away from… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Scholastic, 1985. Book. Illus. by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Very Good. Paperback. Ex lib. 178 pages, b/w illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon, bibliography; 4to, pictorial wraps. Very good, slight cover wear, library stamp half-title, no other marks. Item Price
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New York: Knopf, 2004. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Dillon, Leo and Diane. 1st ptg. 4to picture book, pictorial boards. The stand-along picture book of the title story from her collection. Fully illustrated in color throughout by Leo and Diane Dillon and signed by both artists on the title page. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's… Read more about this item Item Price
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The People Could Fly
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