Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bethencourt, Regis

Description

1. xi, 260 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

1. A collection of reimagined classic fairy tales, African, and African American folktales that bring to life past, present, and future visions of Black culture.

Alternative title

1. Magical folk and fairy tales from the diaspora

Subject

1. Fairy tales in art > Pictorial works
2. Tales in art > Pictorial works
3. Legends in art > Pictorial works
4. African Americans in art > Pictorial works
5. Black people in art > Pictorial works
6. Magic > Folklore > Pictorial works
7. Folklore > Africa
8. Black people > Portraits
9. Photography of youth
10. Photography, Artistic
11. Magic
12. Folklore
13. Black people
14. African Americans
15. Fairy tales in art
16. Tales in art
17. Legends in art
18. African Americans in art
19. Black people in art
20. Africa

Genre/Form

1. Folk tales.
2. Fairy tales.
3. Portraits.
4. Folklore.
5. Pictorial works.

Contents

1. Foreword / by Salamishah Tillet -- Introduction -- Childhood reimagined: classic fairy tales. The little mermaid ; The poisoned apple ; Goldi, the girl with the golden locs ; Asha, the little cinder girl ; Red riding hood ; The frog prince ; Rozi, the sleeping beauty ; Hansel and Gretel ; Rapunzel -- Our stories retold: African and African American folktales. Anansi and the three trials ; The ring of the king ; How the zebra got its stripes ; The legend of Princess Yennenga ; John Henry, the steel-drivin' man ; The cloud princess ; The king's magic drum ; Aku, the sun maker ; King Lion's gifts -- New classics: our stories. Adventures in Candy Land ; The Yumboes : little fairy folk ; The wish ; The princess who lost her hair ; The gold children ; Jaka's dragon ; The skateboarding princess ; The gift ; A force of nature -- Behind the scenes.

Call number

1. Sc F 23-390

Author

1. Bethencourt, Kahran, author, photographer.

Title

1. Crowned : magical folk and fairy tales from the diaspora / Kahran and Regis Bethencourt.

Publisher

1. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023.

Copyright date

1. ©2023

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Local note

1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Bethencourt, Regis, author, photographer.

LCCN

1. 2023002018

ISBN

1. 9781250281388 (hardcover)
2. 1250281385 (hardcover)
3. 9781250281395 (ebook)

Research call number

1. Sc F 23-390