Overview

Stories From the Brownies Book is a new collection of tales celebrating African American children's literature and the groundbreaking work of the N.A.A.C.P. Originally conceived by W.E.B. DuBois, Jessie Redmon Fauset, and Augustus Granville Dill, The Brownies Book was a one-of-a-kind literary magazine that was the first to cater specifically to Black children. With over two dozen works of fiction such as, ""A Visit to Fairyland,"" ""How Br'er Possum Outwitted Br'er Rabbit,"" and ""Those Who Have No Turkey,"" as well as selected biographies of legendary Black figures including Benjamin Banneker, Toussaint L'ouverture, and Alexandre Dumas; Stories From the Brownies Book offers some of the best children's literature of the early twentieth century. ""This was inevitable in our role as newspaper-but what effect must it have on our children? To educate them in human hatred is more disastrous to them than to the hated; to seek to raise them in ignorance of their racial identity and peculiar situation is inadvisable-impossible...there seems but one alternative: We shall publish hereafter not one Children's Number a year, but twelve! Messrs. DuBois and Dill will issue in November, in co-operation with the crisis, but as an entirely separate publication, a little magazine for children-for all children, but especially for ours, 'the Children of the Sun.' It will be called, naturally, The Brownies' Book, and as we have advertised, 'It will be a thing of Joy and Beauty, dealing in Happiness, Laughter and Emulation, and designed especially for Kiddies from Six to Sixteen. It will seek to teach Universal Love and Brotherhood for all little folk-black and brown and yellow and white.'"" Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.

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Author:   Mint Editions
Publisher:   Mint Editions
Imprint:   Mint Editions
ISBN:  

9798888975688

Pages:   366
Publication Date:   07 May 2024
Recommended Age:   From 8 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

·        Spring o   The story of Prince Jalma o   Old Man and the Bullberries o   The Fairies’ Flower Garden o   Cueva Onda o   Chronicles of Br’er Rabbit o   The Twin Heroes: An African Myth o   Benjamin Banneker o   The Story of Phillis Wheatley o   The Return of the Bells ·        Summer o   A Rainy Day o   A Strawberry Surprise o   Friends in the Night o   “Over the Ocean Wave” o   Mphontholo, Ne Shulo: An African Story o   Annancy An’ Tiger Ridin’ Horse o   Yada: A True African Story o   Alexandre Dumas, A Great Dramatist o   The Story of Harriet Tubman ·        Fall o   The House of Broken Things o   Ghosts and Kittens o   Black Cat Magic o   The Ouija Board o   How Br’er Rabbit Learned to Play Dead o   How Br’er Possum Outwitted Br’er Rabbit o   Toussaint L’ouverture o   A Pioneer Suffragette o   A Few Pumpkins For Hallowe’en o   The Story-Telling Contest o   Those Who Have No Turkey o   Turkey Drumsticks ·        Winter o   A Visit to Fairyland o   Bringing a Circus Home o   How the Turtle Got His Mark o   The Three Golden Hairs of the Sun-King o   The Two Stars: An Indian Leged o   Wolf and His Nephew o   The Ladder to the Sun: An African Fairytale o   The Story of Frederick Douglass o   A Story of a Former Slave Boy o   “Merry Christmas to All” o   How Little Bud Found Christmas o   Jim’s Theory of Santa Claus o   The Story of a Little Tin Horn

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