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Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters Hardcover - 2006
by Patricia McKissack; Andre Carrilho (Illustrator)
Newbery Honor author McKissack's tall tales of humor and exaggeration are told on a front porch to friends and family. Whether side-splittingly funny or spine-chillingly spooky, most of these tales are seeped in early 20th century African-American history.
Summary
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.From the author's note, that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch...to the captivating introductions to each tale, in which the storyteller introduces himself and sets the stage for what follows...to the ten entertaining tales themselves here is a worthy successor to McKissack's THE DARK THIRTY. In The Best Lie Ever Told, meet Dooley Hunter, a trickster who spins an enormous whopper at the State Liar's contest. In Aunt Gran and the Outlaws, watch a little old lady slickster ousmart Frank and Jesse James. And in Cake Norris Lives On, come face to face with a man some folks believe may have died up to twenty-seven different times!From the Hardcover edition.
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- Title Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters
- Author Patricia McKissack; Andre Carrilho (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Schwartz & Wade Books, NY
- Date August 22, 2006
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780375836190 / 0375836195
- Weight 1.68 lbs (0.76 kg)
- Dimensions 10.62 x 7.9 x 0.84 in (26.97 x 20.07 x 2.13 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 790
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Short stories, African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005022048
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Black Issues Book Review, 01/01/2007, Page 34
- Booklist, 05/15/2006, Page 46
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 10/01/2006, Page 84
- Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2006, Page 592
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2007, Page 78
- Kirkus Review - Children, 08/01/2006, Page 792
- Publishers Weekly, 07/10/2006, Page 82
- School Library Journal, 09/01/2006, Page 212
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