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This colorfully illustrated book with gold foil jacket offers young readers an African-American version of the classic 'Rumplestiltzkin' tale. 30,000 first printing.
By Tedd Arnold, Diane Dillon (illustrator), Leo Dillon (illustrator) and Virginia Hamilton

School and Library:

9780590473781 | Blue Sky Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In this African American retelling of 'Rumpelstiltskin,' Lit'mahn spins thread into gold cloth for the king's new bride.

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Twelve-year-old Buhlaire, a 'mixed' child who feels out of place in her community, struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually discovers more and more about her long-missing father.

Paperback:

9788434846869 | 4th edition (Ediciones Sm, June 1, 2000), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Buhlaire, a 'mixed' child who feels out of place in her community, struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually discovers more and more about her long-missing father.

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Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways. (view table of contents)

Prebinding:

9780785784852 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $24.45 | About this edition: Portrays the harsh reality of slavery and chronicles the dramatic journeys toward freedom undertaken by African Americans

Prebinding:

9780613065139 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $11.70

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As her all-Black high school becomes more racially mixed, Talley befriends a white girl who shares her passion for running, and Talley becomes romantically involved with a drug dealer

Hardcover:

9780399212130, titled "A White Romance" | Philomel Books, October 1, 1987, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: As her all-black high school becomes more racially mixed, Talley befriends a white girl who shares her passion for running and becomes romantically involved with a drug dealer.

Paperback:

9780590130059, titled "A White Romance" | Reprint edition (Point, April 1, 1998), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: As her all-black high school becomes more racially mixed, Talley befriends a white girl who shares her passion for running and becomes romantically involved with a drug dealer.
9780152958886, titled "A White Romance" | Reissue edition (Sandpiper, August 1, 1989), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: As her all-black high school becomes more racially mixed, Talley befriends a white girl who shares her passion for running and becomes romantically involved with a drug dealer.

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9780606139120, titled "A White Romance" | Reprint edition (Demco Media, April 1, 1998), cover price $10.97 | About this edition: As her all-black high school becomes more racially mixed, Talley befriends a white girl who shares her passion for running and becomes romantically involved with a drug dealer.
9780606044219, titled "A White Romance" | Demco Media, August 1, 1989, cover price $11.81 | About this edition: As her all-black high school becomes more racially mixed, Talley befriends a white girl who shares her passion for running and becomes romantically involved with a drug dealer.

Prebinding:

9780833541147 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.60 | About this edition: As her all-black high school becomes more racially mixed, Talley befriends a white girl who shares her passion for running and becomes romantically involved with a drug dealer.

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Justice and her brothers, the first of a new race with extraordinary powers, return to Dustland in order to destroy the force that retards the growth of their advanced civilization

Hardcover:

9780688802691 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1981, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A tale of four unusual children gifted with supersensory powers as it moves between the present and the future

Paperback:

9780590362160 | Reprint edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, March 1, 1998), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Justice and her brothers, the first of a new race with extraordinary powers, return to Dustland in order to destroy the force that retards the growth of their advanced civilization
9780152305925 | Reissue edition (Sandpiper, August 1, 1989), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A tale about four unusual children gifted with supersensory powers moves between the present and the future
9780380561353, titled "Gathering" | Avon Books, September 1, 1981, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: A tale about four unusual children gifted with supersensory powers moves between the present and the future

Reinforced:

9780606134149 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, March 1, 1998), cover price $11.87 | About this edition: Justice and her brothers, the first of a new race with extraordinary powers, return to Dustland in order to destroy the force that retards the growth of their advanced civilization
9780606011402 | Demco Media, August 1, 1989, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A tale about four unusual children gifted with supersensory powers moves between the present and the future

Prebinding:

9780613078436 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.40 | About this edition: Justice and her brothers, the first of a new race with extraordinary powers, return to Dustland in order to destroy the force that retards the growth of their advanced civilization

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The adventures of four extraordinary children who remain inextricably linked by their supersensory power

Hardcover:

9780688802288 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1980, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Four children, all possessing extraordinary mental powers, are projected far into the future to a bleak region called Dustland.

Paperback:

9780590362177 | Reprint edition (Point, February 1, 1998), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Four children, all possessing extraordinary mental powers, are projected far into the future to a bleak region called Dustland.
9780380561278 | Avon Books, September 1, 1981, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: A sequel to Justice and her brothers continues the adventures of four extraordinary children who remain inextricably linked by their supersensory power.

Library:

9780688842284 | Greenwillow, April 1, 1980, cover price $12.88 | About this edition: Four children, all possessing extraordinary mental powers, are projected far into the future to a bleak region called Dustland.

Reinforced:

9780606129275 | Demco Media, February 1, 1998, cover price $11.76 | About this edition: Four children, all possessing extraordinary mental powers, are projected far into the future to a bleak region called Dustland.

Prebinding:

9780613076623 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.40 | About this edition: Four children, all possessing extraordinary mental powers, are projected far into the future to a bleak region called Dustland.

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Three children inexorably linked through their supersensory powers and experiences begin a sequence of adventures and perils

Hardcover:

9780844665771 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1992, cover price $17.55 | About this edition: An eleven-year-old and her older twin brothers struggle to understand their supersensory powers.

Paperback:

9780590362146 | Reprint edition (Point, January 1, 1998), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Three children inexorably linked through their supersensory powers and experiences begin a sequence of adventures and perils
9780152416409 | Reissue edition (Harcourt, August 1, 1989), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: An eleven-year-old and her older twin brothers struggle to understand their supersensory powers.
9780380561193 | Avon Books, September 1, 1981, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: Three children inexorably linked through their supersensory powers and experiences begin a sequence of adventures and perils

Library:

9780688841829 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1978, cover price $12.88 | About this edition: An 11-year-old and her older twin brothers struggle to understand their supersensory powers.

Reinforced:

9780606129732 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, January 1, 1998), cover price $12.30 | About this edition: Three children inexorably linked through their supersensory powers and experiences begin a sequence of adventures and perils

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Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways.

Hardcover:

9780394828732 | Random House Childrens Books, January 1, 1993, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways

Paperback:

9780679879367 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1995, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: Portrays the harsh reality of slavery and chronicles the dramatic journeys toward freedom undertaken by African Americans

Library:

9780394928739 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 1, 1993, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways

Reinforced:

9780606124140, titled "Many Thousand Gone: African-Americans from Slavery to Freedom" | Demco Media, November 1, 1997, cover price $19.33 | About this edition: Portrays the harsh reality of slavery and chronicles the dramatic journeys toward freedom undertaken by African Americans

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Collects tales from three rich traditions of storytelling, following the migration of stories via the slave trade during the Plantation Era and highlighting such characters as Bruh Fox, Anansi Spider, and Cunnie Rabbit.
By Virginia Hamilton and Barry Moser (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780590473743 | Scholastic, November 1, 1997, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Twelve trickster tales that show the migration of African culture to America via the West Indies

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Twelve-year-old Jason describes the wonderful Christmas of 1890 that he and his family celebrate in their home in Springfield, Ohio

Paperback:

9780152015503 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, October 15, 1997), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Jason describes the wonderful Christmas of 1890 that he and his family celebrate in their home in Springfield, Ohio

School and Library:

9780152064501 | 1 edition (Harcourt Childrens Books, October 1, 1989), cover price $19.00 | About this edition: In 1890, in Springfield, Ohio, Jason Bell awaits the arrival of Christmas and his Uncle Levi Bell and muses on the manner in which people will celebrate the holiday one hundred years from then

Reinforced:

9780606121859 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, October 1, 1997), cover price $19.17 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Jason describes the wonderful Christmas of 1890 that he and his family celebrate in their home in Springfield, Ohio

Prebinding:

9780613462662, titled "Bells of Christmas" | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2003, cover price $20.85 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Jason describes the wonderful Christmas of 1890 that he and his family celebrate in their home in Springfield, Ohio
9780613035828 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Jason describes the wonderful Christmas of 1890 that he and his family celebrate in their home in Springfield, Ohio

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As a great wall of dust moves across their drought-stricken farm, a family's distress is relieved by a young man called Drylongso, who literally blows into their lives with the storm
By Virginia Hamilton and Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780152015879 | Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 1997, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: As a great wall of dust moves across their drought-stricken farm, a family's distress is relieved by a young man called Drylongso, who literally blows into their lives with the storm

School and Library:

9780152242411 | Harcourt Childrens Books, October 1, 1992, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: As a great wall of dust moves across their drought-stricken farm, a family's distress is relieved by a young man called Drylongso, who literally blows into their lives with the storm

Reinforced:

9780606112833 | Demco Media, May 1, 1997, cover price $19.20 | About this edition: As a great wall of dust moves across their drought-stricken farm, a family's distress is relieved by a young man called Drylongso, who literally blows into their lives with the storm

Prebinding:

9780613023474 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $20.85 | About this edition: As a great wall of dust moves across their drought-stricken farm, a family's distress is relieved by a young man called Drylongso, who literally blows into their lives with the storm

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Although the other animals also feel threatened by the encroachment of humans, only Rundi and Coati journey north in search of a safer place to live

Paperback:

9780590473675 | Scholastic Paperbacks, February 1, 1997, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Although the other animals also feel threatened by the encroachment of humans, only Rundi and Coati journey north in search of a safer place to live

School and Library:

9780590473668 | Scholastic, January 1, 1995, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Although the other animals also feel threatened by the encroachment of humans, only Rundi and Coati journey north in search of a safer place to live

Reinforced:

9780606115155 | Demco Media, February 1, 1997, cover price $13.53 | About this edition: Although the other animals also feel threatened by the encroachment of humans, only Rundi and Coati journey north in search of a safer place to live

Prebinding:

9780613033466 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.55 | About this edition: Although the other animals also feel threatened by the encroachment of humans, only Rundi and Coati journey north in search of a safer place to live

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An African-American family living in the house of the long-dead abolitionist Dies Drear must decide what to do with his vast treasure, hidden for one hundred years in a cavern near their house. Reissue. SLJ. K. PW.

Paperback:

9780590956277 | Reprint edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, February 1, 1997), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A Black family living in the house of long-dead abolitionist Dies Drear must decide what to do with his stupendous treasure, hidden for one hundred years in a cavern near their home
9780020434801 | Simon Pulse, October 1, 1988, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A black family living in the house of long-dead abolitionist Dies Drear must decide what to do with his stupendous treasure, hidden for one hundred years in a cavern near their home.

School and Library:

9780688040260 | Greenwillow, March 1, 1987, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A black family living in the house of long-dead abolitionist Dies Drear must decide what to do with his stupendous treasure, hidden for one hundred years in a cavern near their home

Reinforced:

9780606127752 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, February 1, 1997), cover price $12.97 | About this edition: A Black family living in the house of long-dead abolitionist Dies Drear must decide what to do with his stupendous treasure, hidden for one hundred years in a cavern near their home
9780606038676 | Demco Media, October 1, 1988, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A black family living in the house of long-dead abolitionist Dies Drear must decide what to do with his stupendous treasure, hidden for one hundred years in a cavern near their home.

Prebinding:

9780613883238, titled "Mystery Of Drear House: The Conclusion Of The Dies Drear Chronicle" | Turtleback Books, February 1, 1997, cover price $13.25 | About this edition: A Black family living in the house of long-dead abolitionist Dies Drear must decide what to do with his stupendous treasure, hidden for one hundred years in a cavern near their home

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Crime reporter Molly Cates matches wits with Samuel Mordecai, the tyrannical leader of a cult of religious fanatics that has seized a school bus driver and eleven children and has been holding them for forty-six days underground at their fortified compound

Paperback:

9780590053716 | Scholastic Paperbacks, February 1, 1997, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Buhlaire, a 'mixed' child who feels out of place in her community, struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually discovers more and more about her long-missing father
9780590473651 | Reissue edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, April 1, 1996), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Buhlaire, a 'mixed' child who feels out of place in her community, struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually discovers more and more about her long-missing father

School and Library:

9780590473644 | Scholastic, October 1, 1993, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Buhlaire, a 'mixed' child who feels out of place in her community, struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually discovers more and more about her long-missing father

Reinforced:

9780606080200 | Demco Media, April 1, 1996, cover price $14.55 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Buhlaire, a 'mixed' child who feels out of place in her community, struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually discovers more and more about her long-missing father

Prebinding:

9780613070713 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.15 | About this edition: Crime reporter Molly Cates matches wits with Samuel Mordecai, the tyrannical leader of a cult of religious fanatics that has seized a school bus driver and eleven children and has been holding them for forty-six days underground at their fortified compound
9780785765936 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.65 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Buhlaire, a 'mixed' child who feels out of place in her community, struggles to unearth her past and her family history as she gradually discovers more and more about her long-missing father

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Based on African-American folktales told in the South during the plantation era, a collection of stories originally gathered by journalist Martha Young pays tribute to the human spirit in the face of terrible hardship.
By Virginia Hamilton and Barry Moser (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780590473729 | Scholastic, March 1, 1996, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on African American tales originally written down by Martha Young after the Civil War

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A collection of twenty-five African-American folktales focuses on strong female characters and includes 'Little Girl and Bruh Rabby,' 'Catskinella,' and 'Annie Christmas.' By the author of The People Could Fly.
By Diane Dillon (illustrator), Leo Dillon (illustrator) and Virginia Hamilton

Hardcover:

9780590473705 | Blue Sky Pr, October 1, 1995, cover price $25.99 | About this edition: A collection of twenty-five African American folktales focuses on strong female characters and includes 'Little Girl and Bruh Rabby,' 'Catskinella,' and 'Annie Christmas'

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Struggling for a sense of identity as an Amerind--part African American, part Native American--twelve-year-old Arilla Adams is unable to identify with a single race like her older brother, Jack

Paperback:

9780590053808 | Reprint edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, February 1, 1997), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Struggling for a sense of identity as an Amerind--part African American, part Native American--twelve-year-old Arilla Adams is unable to identify with a single race like her older brother, Jack
9780590222235 | Point, October 1, 1995, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Struggling for a sense of identity as an Amerind--part African American, part Native American--twelve-year-old Arilla Adams is unable to identify with a single race like her older brother, Jack
9780440901655 | Dell Pub Co, February 1, 1979, cover price $1.95

Library:

9780688840587 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1976, cover price $12.88 | About this edition: Her interracial background complicates a seventh-grader's search for identity in a small Ohio town of today

Reinforced:

9780606072076 | Demco Media, October 1, 1995, cover price $15.55 | About this edition: Struggling for a sense of identity as an Amerind--part African American, part Native American--twelve-year-old Arilla Adams is unable to identify with a single race like her older brother, Jack

Prebinding:

9780785777045 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.40 | About this edition: Struggling for a sense of identity as an Amerind--part African American, part Native American--twelve-year-old Arilla Adams is unable to identify with a single race like her older brother, Jack

Concerned that her grandmother may die, Cammy is unprepared for the accidental death of another relative.

Paperback:

9789681907877 | Aguilar, August 1, 2000, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Concerned that her grandmother may die, Cammy is unprepared for the accidental death of another relative.

Reinforced:

9780606104913 | Demco Media, December 1, 1994, cover price $17.83 | About this edition: Concerned that her grandmother may die, Cammy is unprepared for the accidental death of another relative.

Prebinding:

9780613070775 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $18.10

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Product Description: Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children s literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children s book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In her prize-winning anthology of American Black folktales, "The People Could Fly," Hamilton has gathered and retold a collection of stories that teach us much, move us deeply, and make us laugh out loud...read more

CD/Spoken Word:

9780974171180 | Abridged edition (Audio Bookshelf, January 30, 2005), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children s literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children s book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant.

Reinforced:

9780606028301 | Demco Media, January 1, 1993, cover price $23.35 | About this edition: Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope

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A celebrated compilation provides a richly illustrated collection of more than twenty American Black folktales that feature animal trickster tales, supernatural stories, and slave narratives. Coretta Scott King Award winner. Narrated by James Earl Jones. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
By Leo Dillon (illustrator) and Virginia Hamilton

Hardcover:

9780375804717 | Har/com edition (Random House Childrens Books, October 1, 2000), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Retells African American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.

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Grandfather Jackabo returns to the Caribbean island of his youth only to encounter mystery and intrigue, and when the situation worsens, fourteen-year-old Junius and his father must rescue their beloved relative

Library:

9780060221959 | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, June 1, 1992), cover price $14.89 | About this edition: After his grandfather leaves his family and returns to a dangerous situation on his home island in the Caribbean, fourteen-year-old Junius decides to follow him in search of his lost heritage.

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Characterizes the American black experience and the fight for civil rights, describes the enormous influence of Dr. Du Bois as a civil rights activist, and explains why he was ignored for many years by the majority of Americans.

Library:

9780690045611 | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, February 1, 1992), cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Characterizes the American Black experience and the fight for civil rights, describes the enormous influence of Dr.

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