Virginia Hamilton was an American author known for writing children's and young adult fiction. Some of her notable works include "M.C. Higgins, the Great" and "The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales". She was awarded the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award for her contributions to children's literature.
Virginia Hamilton has written:
'Charlie Parker Played Be Bop'
'People Could Fly-Cas'
'The House of Dies Drear'
'Primos/Cousins'
'Jahdu' -- subject(s): Fiction, Shadows, Magic
'A Little Love' -- subject(s): African Americans, Fiction
'Her stories' -- subject(s): African American women, Folklore
'The planet of Junior Brown' -- subject(s): Fiction, African Americans, Friendship, Large type books, Juvenile fiction, Homeless persons, History
'Drylongso' -- subject(s): Fiction, Droughts, Farm life, African Americans, Dust storms
'The Gathering (Justice Cycle)'
'Plain City (Point Signature)'
'Second cousins' -- subject(s): African Americans, Cousins, Family reunions, Fiction, Friendship, Juvenile fiction
'The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl' -- subject(s): Afro-Americans, Fiction
'Zeely'
'W.E.B. Du Bois' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, African Americans, Biography
'M C HIGGINS THE GREAT'
'Virginia Hamilton' -- subject(s): Authorship, Children's stories
'The Planet of Junior Brown' -- subject(s): Afro-Americans, Fiction, Friendship
'Arilla Sun Down (Point Crime)'
'The People Could Fly' -- subject(s): Afro-Americans, Juvenile literature, Tales, Folklore
'The Gathering' -- subject(s): Extrasensory perception, Fantasy, Fiction, Space and time
'In the Beginning' -- subject(s): Creation, Mythology, Folklore
'Plain City' -- subject(s): Fathers and daughters, Fiction, African Americans, Racially mixed people, Identity
'The Mystery of Drear House' -- subject(s): African Americans, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
'Dustland' -- subject(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Extrasensory perception, Time travel, Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction, Space and time
'Paul Robeson' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Musicians, African Americans, Biography
'Dark Way' -- subject(s): Folklore, Tales, Supernatural
'Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush' -- subject(s): Fiction, Afro-Americans, Ghosts, Single-parent family, Family problems
'Her Stories'
'Anthony Burns' -- subject(s): Juvenile literature, Biography, Fugitive slaves, African Americans, Slavery, Antislavery movements, Blacks
'The house of Dies Drear'
'Cambodians in Thailand'
'People Could Fly-Pkg'
'Justice and her brothers' -- subject(s): Fiction, Fantasy, Twins, Brothers and sisters, African American Teenage fiction, 20th century, Extrasensory perception, African American children, African American Occult fiction, African American Fantasy fiction, Juvenile fiction
'Jaguarundi (Blue Ribbon Signature)'
'Dustland (Point Signature)'
'Primos'
'The time-ago tales of Jahdu'
'A white romance' -- subject(s): Fiction, Friendship, Race relations, African Americans
'Plain City' -- subject(s): Fathers and daughters, Identity (Philosophical concept), Racially mixed people, Juvenile fiction, African Americans, Identity, Fiction
'The girl who spun gold' -- subject(s): Fairy Tales, Folklore
'Dustland' -- subject(s): Fiction in English
'Zeely (HBJ Treasury of Literature)'
'Jaguarundi' -- subject(s): Fiction, Jungle animals, Endangered species
'M. C. Higgins, The Great/Newbery Summer'
'Arilla Sun Down (Point Signature)' -- subject(s): Indians of North America, Fiction
'Willie Bea and the time the Martians landed' -- subject(s): Fiction, Radio broadcasting, Extraterrestrial beings, African Americans, Halloween, Farm life, Life on other planets, Juvenile fiction
'A Lesson plan book for Cousins (Innovations, experiencing literature in the classroom)'
'The House of Dies Drear (Dies Drear Chronicle)'
'The House of Dies Drear' -- subject(s): Afro-Americans, Fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Underground railroad
'Many Thousand Gone' -- subject(s): Fugitive slaves, Juvenile literature, Underground railroad
'M. C. Higgins, The Great' -- subject(s): Fiction, Afro-Americans, Family life, Large type books, Fiction in English, Coming of age, Mountain life, Juvenile fiction, African Americans
Virginia Hamilton started writing books because she knew she was good and she just didn't push her self are believe she was good at it
Ernest Hamilton has written: 'Mary Hamilton'
Bobb Hamilton has written: '\\'
George Hamilton has written: '\\'
Hamilton Montgomery has written: 'Dermatopathology'
Julia HAMILTON has written: 'Anne of Cleves'
Said Hamilton has written: 'Mastering Algebra'
Harry Hamilton has written: 'River song'
Hamilton Drummond has written: 'Gobelin Grange'
Roger Hamilton has written: 'Mosquitoes don'tkill'
Eleanor Hamilton has written: 'Sex, with love'
Hamilton Magee has written: 'Scotland and Ireland'
Adrian Hamilton has written: 'The Financial revolution'