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Zora Hurston and the chinaberry tree

A biography of the writer whose works captured the oral tradition of African-American life in the South.

Mufaro's beautiful daughters

an African tale
Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.
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Abiyoyo

based on a South African lullaby and folk story
2005

Ant cities

1988
Explains how ants live and work together to build and maintain their cities.

Rainbow crow

a Lenape tale
1991
When the weather changes and the ever-falling snow threatens to engulf all the animals, it is Crow who flies up to receive the gift of fire from the Great Sky Spirit.

Sports pages

1990
Poems about the experiences and feelings of young athletes involved in various sports.

Storms

1992
Describes the atmospheric conditions which create thunderstorms, hailstorms, lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes and how violent weather affects the environment and people.

Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III

1992
A bored little rich boy is shipwrecked on a faraway island where he is happier than he has ever been before.

Zora Hurston and the chinaberry tree

1996
Recounts how the young Zora Hurston's memories of how her mother encouraged her to climb a chinaberry tree, to listen, and to dream enabled her to cope with her mother's death.

Zora Hurston y el ?rbol so?ador

2001
A biography of the writer whose works captured the oral tradition of African-American life in the South.

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