Picture Book 21 / The People Could Fly

Title	The People Could Fly
Author	Virginia Hamilton
Illustrator	Leo and Diane Dillon
Publication Year	1985
Awards	Coretta Scott King
Publisher	Alfred A Knopf
ISBN	0-375-92405-1
Readability Score (GLE = Grade Level Equivalent)	Lexile	660L
	DRA	n/a
	GLE	3.5
	Guided Reading	W
Genre /      Sub-Genre	Picture Book/Fable/Folk Tale/Myth
Theme	Slaves and the things that never were.
Primary Character	N/A
Secondary Characters	N/A
Classroom Use	I would use this book during Black History Month. It is a wonderful book that tells about how the slaves were treated and them magically getting away.
Book Summary	This book is a fantasy tale of the slaves who possessed the ancient magic words that enabled them to literally fly away to freedom. And it is a moving tale of those who did not have the opportunity to "fly" away, who remained slaves with only their imaginations to set them free as they told and retold this tale.