Black History Month: Folklore and Fairy Tales
Celebrate Black History Month with enchanting folklore and fairy tales from Black authors. Discover a curated list of books that honor African heritage, myths, and timeless stories. Perfect for readers of all ages!
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The Girl who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
by Alexander McCall Smith
Gathered here is a beguiling selection of folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana as retold by the best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This treasury contains most of the stories previously collected in Children of Wax and seven new tales from the Setswana-speaking people of Botswana. A girl discovers that her young husband might actually be a lion in disguise, but not before they have two sons who might actually be cubs . . . When a child made of wax follows his curiosity outside into the heat of daylight and melts, his siblings shape him into a bird with feathers made of leaves that enable him to fly into the light . . . Talking hyenas, milk-giving birds, clever cannibals who nonetheless get their comeuppance, and mysterious forces that reside in the landscape—these wonderful fables bring us the wealth, the variety, and the particular magic of traditional African lore.
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The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus
by Joel Chandler Harris
A collection of all the animal tales from Uncle Remus with Brer Rabbit.
