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*NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work - Children*

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

From the New York Times bestselling duo who brought you GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty, comes CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora. Filled with visual magic and storytelling wonder, these stories reimagine our favorite and most beloved childhood fairy tales and folktales to encourage creativity, empower imagination, and foster self-esteem.

With a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Salamishah Tillet

Revisit beloved classics, but with a twist, such as The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, The Poisoned Apple, and find new favorites with stories created especially for the collection: Anansi and the Three Trials, Aku the Sun Maker, How the Zebra Got Its Stripes, The Legend of Princess Yennenga, and John Henry, the Steel-Drivin'' Man.

A gift that will

CROWNED

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    A Hardback by Kahran Bethencourt, Regis Bethencourt

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 17 July 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250281388
      978-1250281388
      ISBN-10 1250281385
      Also in:
      Photography: portraits and self-portraiture Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Folklore studies / Study of myth

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      *NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work - Children*

      *NEW YORK TIMES       BESTSELLER*

      From the New York Times bestselling duo who brought you GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty, comes CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora. Filled with visual magic and storytelling wonder, these stories reimagine our favorite and most beloved childhood fairy tales and folktales to encourage creativity, empower imagination, and foster self-esteem.

      With a Foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Salamishah Tillet

      Revisit beloved classics, but with a twist, such as The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, The Poisoned Apple, and find new favorites with stories created especially for the collection: Anansi and the Three Trials, Aku the Sun Maker, How the Zebra Got Its Stripes, The Legend of Princess Yennenga, and John Henry, the Steel-Drivin'' Man.

      A gift that will

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