cover image The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Virginia Hamilton. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $13 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-679-84336-8

This widely lauded anthology boasts stunning black-and-white artwork and stirringly told stories with such evocative titles as ``The Beautiful Girl of the Moon Tower'' and ``Wiley, His Mama, and the Hairy Man.'' All ages. (Feb.)