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      Hardcover Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters Book
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      ISBN: 0375836195

      ISBN13: 9780375836190

      Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and other Wily Characters

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      Book Overview

      Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology The Dark Thirty 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 outsmart 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

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      African-American Children's Children's Books Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Humor Humor & Entertainment Literature & Fiction Multicultural Stories Short Story Collections

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      Rated 5 stars
      Porch Lies; Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters and Wiley Characters, by Patricia McKissack

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      A great collection of colorful and rich story telling that reflect the historical tradition of African folk tales and legends. They are side splitting funny stories, yet they teach a lesson or give the reader a glimpse into the characters who influenced the childhood of the author. We instantly relate with our collective memory to each tale told.

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      Destined to Become a Classic

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Acclaimed children's author and Newberry Honnor-winner Patricia McKissack offers a new take on African American oral tradition. Blending history, legend, myth and memory, she has spun 10 wonderful "porch lies," or stories, which are sure to charm adults and children alike. Accompanied by cartoonish, even ghoulish drawings, McKissack's prose paints vivid word pictures of slick and sharp-tongued characters who overcome evil...

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      Rated 4 stars
      Best Read-Aloud Lies

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      This was my introduction to Patricia McKissack. Had the great pleasure of hearing her read "Change" at a local book festival. I truly enjoyed reading this book to my fourth-grade daughter, trying to duplicate Ms. McKissack's African-American southern drawl. I felt that these very clever and fun stories would be best as read-alouds for elementary-school kids; due to the colloquialism and the tall-tale nature, an adult reader...

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      Rated 5 stars
      Any building a strong African American collection should have PORCH LIES.

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      Parents and teachers interested in read-alouds will find PORCH LIES: TALES OF SLICKSTERS, TRICKSTERS AND OTHER WILY CHARACTERS to be top-notch. Andre Carrilho provides appealing black and white drawings to spice a series of fun stories revolving around exaggeration and humor, from a little old lady who outwits Jesse James to a professional liar. Any building a strong African American collection should have PORCH LIES.

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      Rated 5 stars
      Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies

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      On an eight by ten sheet of paper, please explain the distinction between slicksters, tricksters and wily characters using examples of each kind to support your conjectures. You have (looks at the clock) five minutes. Go. That, if you were a teacher of diabolical means and methods, would be one way of collecting a list of ne'er do wells for your own personal collection. To be frank, though, I wouldn't recommend it. ...

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