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112 pp.
| August
| October, 2006
|
TradeISBN 0-87483-746-4$14.95
(4)
4-6
These Christmas-based childhood recollections are steeped in 1950s rural North Carolina nostalgia. The stories feel familiar--variations of the Christmas pageant gone awry, kids discovering that their parents are Santa, concerns about how Santa will find them after they move--and somewhat forced. Based on the author's oral storytelling, the book contains lively language but the cadence is lost in transcription.
40 pp.
| August
| July, 2004
|
TradeISBN 0-87483-571-2$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Jennifer Mazzucco.
Davis, a well-known Appalachian storyteller, has set down his version of the "Three Little Pigs," based on his grandmother's telling of the cautionary tale. Only one pig brother escapes the clutches of the fox, because only he listens to his mother's instructions to build a house of rocks and bricks. Detailed, expressive paintings depict a rural southern setting.