Baker, Augusta 1911-1999

Overview

Works:	94 works in 227 publications in 1 language and 6,174 library holdings
Genres:	Folklore Juvenile works Fiction Bibliographies Fairy tales Literature Folk tales History Documentary films Nursery rhymes
Roles:	Author, Editor, Narrator, Performer, Author of introduction, Interviewee, Director
Classifications:	LB1042, 808.068543

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Augusta Baker

Contemporary Black biography. profiles from the international Black community( )
Augusta Baker, exponent of the oral art of storytelling : utilizing video as a medium by Maxine Modell Merriman( )
2006 South Carolina African American history calendar( Book )
Oral history interview with Augusta Baker by Augusta Baker( Visual )
Augusta Baker : celebrating America's storyteller( Visual )

Sandlapper snapshot( )
Augusta Baker papers by Augusta Baker( )
South Carolina's master storyteller by Ron Chepesiuk( Book )
No tall tale by Marisa Porto( )
Augusta Baker, exponent of the oral art of storytelling : utilizing videotape as a medium by Maxine Modell Merriman( Visual )
South Carolina African American history calendar, 2006( Book )
To Mississippi in the interest of children and books by Georgia Woods( )
Oral history interview with Augusta Baker by Augusta Baker( Recording )
Augusta Baker portrait collection( Visual )
Remarkable women : Anne Carroll Moore & company by Margaret McElderry( )
Historical Children's Collection by Jamie S Hansen( )

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Most widely held works by Augusta Baker

Storytelling : art and technique by Augusta Baker( Book )

4 editions published between 1977 and 1987 in English and held by 2,063 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A guide to storytelling skills and source information

Tales from the story hat by Verna Aardema( Book )

2 editions published in 1960 in English and held by 549 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of nine folk tales from Africa

The talking tree : fairy tales from 15 lands by Augusta Baker( Book )

5 editions published in 1955 in English and held by 498 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book is a collection of "fairy tales" compiled by Augusta Baker, the Supervisor of Storytelling at the New York Public Library in 1955. While some of the tales have appeared in numerous folk tale and fairy tale books since this volume's publication, others are more uncommon, drawn from collections long out of print. -- Provided by publisher

The golden lynx : and other tales by Augusta Baker( Book )

6 editions published between 1960 and 1967 in English and held by 417 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sixteen folk-tales from Europe and Asia. Grades 4-6

The tiger and the rabbit : and other tales by Pura Belpré( Book )

2 editions published in 1965 in English and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Retells a traditional Puerto Rican tale in which a weak but cunning rabbit defeats a powerful tiger plus other Puerto Rican tales

We build together; a reader's guide to Negro life and literature for elementary and high school use by Charlemae Hill Rollins( Book )

7 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Family across the sea( Visual )

12 editions published between 1990 and 2013 in English and held by 317 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A delegation of Gullah people travels from the United States to Sierra Leone to trace the roots of their heritage

The Black experience in children's books by Augusta Baker( Book )

8 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This annotated list of books suitable for children through age 12 was compiled to give children an unbiased, well-rounded picture of black life, both in the United States and in other parts of the world. It is a comprehensive rather than a selective list. Books are listed in categories such as picture books, stories for younger readers, poetry and verse, sports, science, civil rights, music and art, and others. (CS)

Young years; best loved stories and poems for little children by Augusta Baker( Book )

9 editions published between 1960 and 1974 in English and held by 206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Books about Negro life for children by Augusta Baker( Book )

17 editions published between 1946 and 1963 in English and held by 189 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Uncle Bouqui of Haiti by Harold Courlander( )

10 editions published between 1956 and 2003 in 3 languages and held by 151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Best loved nursery rhymes and songs : including Mother Goose selections by Augusta Baker( Book )

6 editions published between 1973 and 1974 in English and held by 131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Best loved fairy tales : including Mother Goose selections by Augusta Baker( Book )

7 editions published between 1963 and 1974 in English and Undetermined and held by 131 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of over thirty fairy tales and fables, including some from the Mother Goose collection

Best-loved selections from children's classics by Augusta Baker( Book )

7 editions published between 1963 and 1975 in English and held by 69 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Young years library by Augusta Baker( Book )

1 edition published in 1963 in English and held by 58 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Once upon a time-- by New York Library Association( Book )

3 editions published in 1964 in English and held by 57 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Storytelling : art and technique by Ellin Greene( Book )

22 editions published between 1977 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 39 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Handleiding voor het vertellen van verhalen aan kinderen. Aan de orde komen: doelstellingen en waarden, keuze van verhalen, voorbereiding, presentatie. Daarnaast wordt het vertellen aan zieke en gehandicapte kinderen behandeld

Stories; a list of stories to tell and to read aloud by Augusta Baker( Book )

4 editions published between 1958 and 1960 in English and held by 35 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An annotated list of stories, poems, and books suitable for the storyteller

Come hither! : papers on children's literature and librarianship, read at a farewell meeting for Frances Clarke Sayers upon her retirement from library service and teaching, held at UCLA, June 12, 1965( Book )

2 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 26 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Aids to choosing books for children by Ingeborg Boudreau( Book )

2 editions published between 1967 and 1968 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This document is a selected bibliography of booklists and review media designed to aid librarians, teachers, students of children's literature and parents in book selection. Those items of particular interest to parents have been marked with an asterisk. Prices given are for single copies with indication, where appropriate, that quantity rates are available. The concluding section lists organizations that would be of help to those seeking further information about children's literature or childhood education. (Author)

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