If, for some reason, you don't have the book yet or you would like to look at an online copy, here is an online PDF of the book:
If you have an Audible.com account, you could listen to the audiobook, or the Multnomah County Library also has copies of the audiobook to check out. Also, there is a copy of the audiobook to listen to online as well!
Need to know when the next assignment is? Here's our unit-long reading calendar!
Here's the full list of all the motifs that everyone in all 4 classes have spotted!
This story was recorded from the oral tradition of myth and storytelling passed down from generation to generation during slavery. It was documented in a collection of oral tradition myths and stories called The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales, by Virginia Hamilton.