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The People Could Fly: The Picture Book

By Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, Ph.D.

By Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, Ph.D.

By Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, Ph.D.

By Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, Ph.D.

By Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, Ph.D.

By Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon, Ph.D.

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Jan 06, 2015 | ISBN 9780553507805 | 4-8 years

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Jan 06, 2015 | ISBN 9780553507812 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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    About The People Could Fly: The Picture Book

    Virginia Hamilton’s Coretta Scott King Honor book is the breathtaking fantasy tale of slaves who possessed ancient magic that enabled them to fly away to freedom. And it is a moving tale of those who did not have the opportunity to “fly” away, who remained slaves with only their imaginations to set them free as they told and retold this tale.

    Leo and Diane Dillon’s powerful illustrations accompany Hamilton’s voice as it sings out from the pages with the soaring cadences that echo the story tellers of her childhood as the granddaughter of a fugitive slave. 

    Awards for The People Could Fly collection:

    A Coretta Scott King Award

    A Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice

    A School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

    A Horn Book Fanfare

    An ALA Notable Book

    An NCTE Teachers’ Choice

    A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the Year

    About The People Could Fly: The Picture Book

    “THE PEOPLE COULD FLY,” the title story in Virginia Hamilton’s prize-winning American Black folktale collection, is a fantasy tale of the slaves who possessed the ancient magic words that enabled them to literally fly away to freedom. And it is a moving tale of those who did not have the opportunity to “fly” away, who remained slaves with only their imaginations to set them free as they told and retold this tale.

    Leo and Diane Dillon have created powerful new illustrations in full color for every page of this picture book presentation of Virginia Hamilton’s most beloved tale. The author’s original historical note as well as her previously unpublished notes are included.

    Awards for The People Could Fly collection:

    A Coretta Scott King Award

    A Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice

    A School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

    A Horn Book Fanfare

    An ALA Notable Book

    An NCTE Teachers’ Choice

    A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the Year

    About The People Could Fly: The Picture Book

    “THE PEOPLE COULD FLY,” the title story in Virginia Hamilton’s prize-winning American Black folktale collection, is a fantasy tale of the slaves who possessed the ancient magic words that enabled them to literally fly away to freedom. And it is a moving tale of those who did not have the opportunity to “fly” away, who remained slaves with only their imaginations to set them free as they told and retold this tale.

    Leo and Diane Dillon have created powerful new illustrations in full color for every page of this picture book presentation of Virginia Hamilton’s most beloved tale. The author’s original historical note as well as her previously unpublished notes are included.

    Awards for The People Could Fly collection:

    A Coretta Scott King Award

    A Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice

    A School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

    A Horn Book Fanfare

    An ALA Notable Book

    An NCTE Teachers’ Choice

    A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the Year

    About Virginia Hamilton

    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… More about Virginia Hamilton

    About Leo Dillon

    Leo Dillon was born to Trinidadian parents in New York in 1933. He met his future wife, Diane, when they were both studying at the Parsons School of Design in New York in 1953. They married in 1957 and became an… More about Leo Dillon

    About Virginia Hamilton

    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… More about Virginia Hamilton

    About Leo Dillon

    Leo Dillon was born to Trinidadian parents in New York in 1933. He met his future wife, Diane, when they were both studying at the Parsons School of Design in New York in 1953. They married in 1957 and became an… More about Leo Dillon

    About Virginia Hamilton

    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… More about Virginia Hamilton

    About Leo Dillon

    Leo Dillon was born to Trinidadian parents in New York in 1933. He met his future wife, Diane, when they were both studying at the Parsons School of Design in New York in 1953. They married in 1957 and became an… More about Leo Dillon

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Dragonfly Books
    Jan 06, 2015 | 32 Pages | 9 x 12 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780553507805

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $18.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Nov 09, 2004 | 32 Pages | 9 x 12 | 4-8 years | ISBN 9780375824050

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Fantasy | Children’s Middle Grade Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Jan 06, 2015 | 32 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780553507812
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    Awards

    ALA Notable Children’s Book WINNER 2005

    Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book WINNER 2005

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