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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 keep giving, CROWNED is a joyous celebration of Black beauty, determination, and imagination and a must-have for children and parents everywhere.
“Once again CreativeSoul Photography captures the beauty, innocence, and magic of black children. This is the book I’ve been waiting to give my grandchildren. It is a wonder of storytelling and imagery.” ― Michael Eric Dyson
From the Publisher
The Little Mermaid
Once upon a time when magical creatures lived in the depths of the sea, there
was a little mermaid named Aliyah who loved to watch the human children on
the beach. She’d hide in the waves and wish she could be with them running and
playing together. Hearing them laughing gaily made her sad and she longed for
legs so she could run with them and feel the sand beneath her toes….
The more she longed to be human the sadder she became. She no longer delighted
in the feel of the sun on her fishtail or the way the light bounced off her scales.
Aliyah swam far away then sat upon a rock and sang a siren song of longing. Its
notes pierced the waves and reached the deepest depths and the darkest caves….
The Poisoned Apple
Once upon a time, there lived a king and queen who were very much in love and
their love bore them a child. “What shall we name her?” asked the king.
“She has lips as full as the moon, eyes dark like ebony, and hair as black as the
midnight sky. Ebony Black shall be her name,” said the queen.
But their happiness was short-lived because the queen died soon after. The king
was heartbroken but eventually he remarried. His new wife, Sonya, didn’t care
much for Ebony, but she pretended to love her in the king’s presence.
Sonya was beautiful but vain, and unbeknownst to the king she was a sorceress.
Sonya had a magic mirror hidden in her chambers. She would look into it and
ask, “Magic mirror that sees all, who is the loveliest of them all?”….
Publisher : St. Martin’s Press (May 23, 2023)
Language : English
Hardcover : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1250281385
ISBN-13 : 978-1250281388
Item Weight : 2.6 pounds
Dimensions : 8.45 x 0.95 x 10.35 inches
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