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Index
Cover
Other Titles
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
A Note from The Illustrator
Introduction: Patricia C. McKissack
Chapter 1: From Hand to Hand: Hand Claps
Patty-Cake
Mary Mack
Solomon Grundy
Monkey Hand Claps
Eenie Meenie Miney Mo
Other Versions of “Eenie Meenie”
Eenie Meenie Sassafreeny
Shame
Shimmy, Shimmy Coco Pop
Chapter 2: Turn About: Jump Rope Rhymes and Games
Single-Rope Jumping Rhymes
Ice Cream
One to Ten and Then Again
Found a Dollar
Letters
Miss Mousey
Hot Pepper
Set the Table
Hot, Hot Pepper
Double Dutch
Jump with Me
Puttin’ Li’l Sister to Bed
I Know
Left, Right, Left
Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back
Under The Rope
Tug-of-War
Chapter 3: Shake Yo’ Body: Circle Games and Ring Shouts
If You’re Happy
Little Sally (Waters) Walker
Aunt Dinah
Shake Your Body
Stomp and Shout Folk Songs
Dem Bones
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
Kum Bah Yah
Chapter 4: Follow the Drinking Gourd: Songs Inspired by the Underground Railroad
This Glory Train
When I Get to Heaven
Get on Board
Steal Away
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Chapter 5: Make A Joyful Noise: Spirituals, Hymns, and Gospel Music
Spirituals
Joshua Fit (Fought) the Battle of Jericho
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Oh, Freedom
Hymns
Jesus Loves Me
Jesus Loves the Little Children
I’ll be a Sunbeam
Gospel Music
This Little Light of Mine
Give Me that Old-Time Religion
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
I’ll Fly Away
Amazing Grace
Chapter 6: Pearls of Wisdom: Proverbs, Psalms, and Parables
Proverbs
Psalms
The First Psalm
The Twenty-Third Psalm
Parables
The Prodigal Son
The Good Samaritan
The Mustard Seed
Chapter 7: A Word to the Wise: Superstitions, Fables, and Mama Sayings
Superstitions
Good Luck and Happy Superstitions
Bad Luck and Unhappy Superstitions
Porch School
Fables
The Ant and the Dove
The Bear and the Two Travelers
The Frogs and the Boys
The Dog and the Wolf
The Frogs and Jupiter
Mama Sayings
Chapter 8: On Program: Performance Pieces Inspired by African American Writers
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
Little Brown Baby
Sympathy
The Sand-Man
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
The Creation
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing
Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
I, Too
Chapter 9: On the Porch or by the Fire: Folktales and Storytelling
All Stories Belong to Anansi
Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox
Three Cautionary Tales
The Skull
The Singing Tortoise
John, Massa, and Charlie the Mule
The Ballad of John Henry, A Steel-Driving Man
Laughing Lizzy—a Jump Tale
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Copyright Acknowledgments
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