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When birds could talk & bats could sing : the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their friends /
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| Author |
Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002.
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| Call Number |
j398.3 H221w |
| Publisher |
New York : Blue Sky Press, |
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Subject
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African Americans -- Folklore.
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Tales -- Southern States.
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Folklore -- Southern States.
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Birds -- Folklore.
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Juvenile literature.
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| Title Statement |
When birds could talk & bats could sing : the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their friends / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Barry Moser. |
| Description |
63 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm. |
| Contents |
How Bruh Sparrow and Sis Wren lost out -- Still and ugly bat -- Blue Jay and Swallow take the heat -- Bruh Buzzard and Fair Maid -- Hummingbird and Little Breeze -- When Miss Bat could sing -- Cardinal and Bruh Deer -- Little Brown Wren. |
| Summary |
A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on those African American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Civil War. |
| Contributors |
Moser, Barry., |
| ISBN |
0590473727 : |
| LCCN |
95015307 /AC |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
270408 |
