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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Haskins, Jim

Moaning Bones: African-American Ghost Stories

63 pp. | Lothrop | October, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16021-2 $$14.00
(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Felicia Marshall. Animal apparitions and human specters haunt this collection of brief tales adapted from African-American folklore. Some are set in the slavery era, while others have a more contemporary flavor. Most of the entries read as spooky vignettes, rather than fully plotted stories, but this only increases the authenticity of the tales as examples of folk tradition. Illustrated with competent black-and-white artwork.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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