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A review by cocoawithbooks
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton
5.0
One of the major highlights of the book are the gorgeous illustrations. I love them! I wish I could find some wall art of them, they are that good.
The stories are grouped together into Animal Tales, Fairy Tales, Supernatural Tales, Folkways and Legends and True Tales. All of the stories feature a female narrative and they are all African American. Hence the title. In this book young girls and women get to see Black women portrayed as mermaids, fairies, witches and animals. Female empowerment is a feature of many of the stories.
I love the comment feature at the end of each story. It provides information about the origins of the tale, including where it came from and other possible versions that are commonly told. Some of the stories I loved in addition to "Mary Belle and the Mermaid" were "Woman and Man Started Even" and "Annie Christmas." They both also have amazing paintings that correspond with the stories.
The stories are grouped together into Animal Tales, Fairy Tales, Supernatural Tales, Folkways and Legends and True Tales. All of the stories feature a female narrative and they are all African American. Hence the title. In this book young girls and women get to see Black women portrayed as mermaids, fairies, witches and animals. Female empowerment is a feature of many of the stories.
I love the comment feature at the end of each story. It provides information about the origins of the tale, including where it came from and other possible versions that are commonly told. Some of the stories I loved in addition to "Mary Belle and the Mermaid" were "Woman and Man Started Even" and "Annie Christmas." They both also have amazing paintings that correspond with the stories.