Zora Neale Hurston
Author
Publisher
Amistad Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaginated) : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
Description
"A First Folktale from the creators of Magnolia Flower, Zora Neale Hurston and Ibram X. Kendi, about the origin of butterflies. 'The Creator wuz all finished and thru makin' de world.' But soon, the Creator finds themselves flying through the sky, making gorgeous butterflies of every color, shape, and size. Find out why butterflies were made in Zora Neale Hurston's stunning and layered African American folktale retold by #1 New York Times bestselling...
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave...