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Way up and over everything

In this retelling of a folktale, five Africans escape the horrors of slavery by simply disappearing into thin air.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McGill, Alice
Other Authors:	Daly, Jude (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Subjects:	Folklore > United States > Juvenile nonfiction. African Americans > Folklore > Juvenile nonfiction. Slavery > Folklore > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	In this retelling of a folktale, five Africans escape the horrors of slavery by simply disappearing into thin air.
Physical Description:	[32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:	061838796X (reinforced) 9780618387960 (reinforced)
Author Notes:	Alice McGill is an award-winning author and professional storyteller. Among her books is the ALA Notable Molly Bannaky, winner of the 2000 IRA Picture Book Award and the 2000 Jane Addams Award. Alice McGill has toured to collect and tell stories in thirty-nine states, Canada, the West Indies, and South Africa. She lives with her husband in Columbia, Maryland. Jude Daly is an award-winning illustrator whose books include The Elephant's Pillow and The Tale of Paradise Lost. She was drawn to Alice's story and the magical notion of flying way up and over everything." "What a gift!" she writes. "Children do this with ease, but sadly, too many grownups forget how to fly.""