{"id":42728,"date":"2022-04-20T09:31:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T13:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=42728"},"modified":"2024-06-28T09:33:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T13:33:03","slug":"cech-spotlight-black-fairy-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2022\/04\/cech-spotlight-black-fairy-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"CECH Spotlight: Black Fairy Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>CECH Spotlight highlights recommended books in the the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Library.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Black Fairy Tales <\/em>\/ written by Terry Berger \/ 1969<br \/>\n<em>The People Could Fly <\/em>\/ told by Virginia Hamilton \/ 1985<br \/>\n<em>The Six Fools<\/em> \/ collected by Zora Neale Hurston \/ 2006<\/p>\n<p>The stories we tell our children are possibly the most important in our entire fictional memory, and foremost among these stories are fairy tales and folktales. Harkening back to the legends and myths of old, fairy and folk tales expand children\u2019s imaginations, teach lessons, and reveal the reality in which they live. This is not more apparent than in <em>Black Fairy Tales <\/em>by Terry Berger, <em>The People Could Fly <\/em>by Virginia Hamilton, and <em>The Six Fools <\/em>by Zora Neale Hurston.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from a wide variety of sources, origins, and peoples, these three books represent different oral traditions collected and written by a variety of authors. While storytelling traditions are much more expansive than what is contained within these books, they serve as an amazing introduction to fairy tales and folktales from African and African American cultures. Not only do they stand alone as great examples of children\u2019s literature, but they serve as greater tools for change in the diversity they provide, as well as the history they present. \u201cThis book was done especially for the Black children who have never read Black fairy tales,\u201d Terry Berger wrote in the dedication of his book.<\/p>\n<p>These books present culture and stories which have long been ignored, and each provide unique perspectives to life, virtue, and our potential. Be it trying to catch sunshine in a wheelbarrow, marrying a great serpent king, or the fables of Bruh Rabbit, these books expand our imagination and deepen our appreciation. \u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>All three titles are available from the <a href=\"http:\/\/uclid.uc.edu\/search\/X\">CECH Library<\/a>, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/olc1.ohiolink.edu\/\">OhioLINK<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ohpir.westervillelibrary.org\/\">Search Ohio<\/a> lending networks.<\/p>\n<p>Review by Linus Sinnard, CECH Library Student Assistant | Secondary Education, CECH 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CECH Spotlight highlights recommended books in the the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Library. Black Fairy Tales \/ written by Terry Berger \/ 1969 The People Could Fly \/ told by Virginia Hamilton \/ 1985 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2022\/04\/cech-spotlight-black-fairy-tales\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,13],"tags":[1366,1853,2125,2126,2048,2271,2272,320,2270,985,986,1981,1260,328,2124,1850,1838,2129,2127,2128],"class_list":["post-42728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cech","category-uclibraries","tag-african-americans","tag-black-authors","tag-black-fairy-tales","tag-black-folklore","tag-cech-book-review","tag-cech-child-ya","tag-cech-collections","tag-cech-library","tag-cech-library-blog","tag-childrens-books","tag-childrens-literature","tag-college-of-education-criminal-justice-and-human-services","tag-fairy-tales","tag-folklore","tag-folktales","tag-juvenile-literature","tag-picture-books","tag-storytelling","tag-virginia-hamilton","tag-zora-neale-hurston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42729,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42728\/revisions\/42729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}