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If you can manage to get a hold of an edition that includes the CD done by Hamilton and James Earl Jones, please do so! The two of them do a fantastic job!
I really enjoyed this collection, but I have never used more formats to listen to a book as I did with this collection.
I read the titular story out of the picture book.
Then I listened to the Audio CD included in this book - which only has about half the tales and none of the notes but it's fantastic.
Then I flipped through the hardback to loo ...more
I really enjoyed this collection, but I have never used more formats to listen to a book as I did with this collection.
I read the titular story out of the picture book.
Then I listened to the Audio CD included in this book - which only has about half the tales and none of the notes but it's fantastic.
Then I flipped through the hardback to loo ...more
Lovely illustrations and wonderful folk tales.
Feb 17, 2018
Leah
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"These tales were created out of sorrow. But the hearts and minds of the black people who formed them, expanded them, and passed them on to us were full of love and hope. We must look on the tales as a celebration of the human spirit." (from the Introduction)
Offers a varied selection of tale types with some repetition among the individual stories. Tales are divided into: He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit And Other Animal Tales; The Beautiful Girl of the Moon Tower And Other Tales of the Real, ...more
Offers a varied selection of tale types with some repetition among the individual stories. Tales are divided into: He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit And Other Animal Tales; The Beautiful Girl of the Moon Tower And Other Tales of the Real, ...more
I enjoyed listening to this on Audible which lists it as abridged but other readers have indicated that it is complete? I will seek out a hard copy so that I can see the illustrations and compare the number of stories presented.
Jan 15, 2018
Neverdust
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Andrea
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Judith Pratt
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Karigan
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