The People Could Fly: The Picture Book facts for kids
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| Author | Virginia Hamilton |
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| Illustrator | Leo and Diane Dillon |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Children's literature, Picture book, Slavery in the United States, Folklore |
| Published | 2004 (Knopf) |
| Media type | Print (hardback, paperback) |
| Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
| ISBN | 9780375824050 |
| OCLC | 859073829 |
The People Could Fly: The Picture Book is a 2004 picture book by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. It is a reissue, by the Dillons, of Hamilton's title story of her 1985 book The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales and is about a group of African-American slaves who call upon old magic to escape their oppression by flying away.
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