Virginia Hamilton
by Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 720L
Why we'd hand it over
Virginia Hamilton's storytelling gift makes folklore breathe—the tales are genuinely magical and the true stories quietly powerful, and together they plant deep roots about who belongs in a child's mental landscape of heroes and wisdom-keepers.