- The People Could Fly
- Virginia Hamilton,
Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon,
Knopf, $12
In this folktale (with CD narration by the author and James Earl Jones), a once-winged people, enslaved in America, have forgotten how to fly—until an old man reminds them. The fantasy tones down the situation's ugliness without diminishing its impact. —Ages 8 and up
