Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.

• ISBN: 9780394869254
• Published: 2009 , Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Themes: African American, Folktales and Fairytales, Magic, Retelling Stories, Slaves and slavery
• Descriptors: Folklore and Fairy Tales, Intermediate (ages 9-14), United States
• No. of pages: 192