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When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing
by Virginia Hamilton
Scholastic Trade
A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on those African American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Civil War.
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Let's Talk:
Ideas to Explore Together
Before you read: Do you enjoy watching and listening to birds? Do you think they have always looked and sounded like they do today?
After you read: Do you think these stories are fact or fiction? Which story was your favorite?
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