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When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing

by Virginia Hamilton

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Published
1996
Genre
Folk Tale
Words
5984

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level
3.9
Lexile
620L
Suggested reading age
ages 6–13

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.

Collections

ALSC Notables

ISBN

ISBN-13
9780590473729
ISBN-10
0590473727

Tags

ALSC NotablesFairy Tales / Folklore