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Author Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002.

Title When birds could talk & bats could sing : the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their friends / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Barry Moser.

Publication Info. New York : Blue Sky Press, 1996.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J398.2 HAM    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department  J398.2097 HAM    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department  J398.24 H    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J 398.24 HAMILTON    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 398.24 HAM    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 398.24 HAMILTON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J398 HAM    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J398.24 H18W    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department  JUV. 398.24528 H221W    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department  JUV. 398.24528 H221W c.2  Check Shelf
Description 63 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Summary A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on those African American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Civil War.
Contents How Bruh Sparrow and Sis Wren lost out -- Still and ugly Bat -- Blue Jay and Swallow take the heat -- Bruh Buzzard and Fair Maid -- Hummingbird and Little Breeze -- When Miss Bat could sing -- Cardinal and Bruh Deer -- Little Brown Wren.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.9 1.0 13754.
Subject African Americans -- Folklore.
Tales -- Southern States.
Folklore -- Southern States.
Birds -- Folklore.
Added Author Moser, Barry, illustrator.
ISBN 0590473727
9780590473729
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