Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters Contributor(s): McKissack, Patricia (Author), Carrilho, Andre (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0375836195 ISBN-13: 9780375836190 Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2006 Annotation: 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2005022048 |
Age Level: 8-12 |
Grade Level: 3-7 |
Lexile Measure: 790(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 7.9" W x 10.62" L (1.68 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
Awards: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007), Winner, Silver, 2006 |
Review Citations: Booklist 05/15/2006 pg. 46 Publishers Weekly 07/10/2006 pg. 82 Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2006 pg. 792 School Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 212 Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2006 pg. 592 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2006 pg. 84 - Recommended Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2007 pg. 34 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 78 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 108714 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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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