Porch Lies Explained

Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters
Author:Patricia McKissack
Illustrator:Andre´ Carrilho
Country:United States
Language:English
Subject:Children's literature
Published:2006 (Schwartz & Wade Books)
Media Type:Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages:146
Isbn:9780375936197
Oclc:61278414

Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters is a 2006 book by Patricia McKissack, and illustrated by Andre Carrilho, published by Schwartz & Wade Books. It is a collection of tales based on oral stories that McKissack heard from her grandfather and his friends when she was a child.

Reception

Booklist, reviewing Porch Lies, noted that "History is always in the background (runaway slaves, segregation cruelty, white-robed Klansmen), and in surprising twists and turns that are true to trickster tradition, the weak and exploited beat powerful oppressors with the best lies ever told." and School Library Journal stated "they're great fun to read aloud and the tricksters, sharpies, slicksters, and outlaws wink knowingly at the child narrators, and at us foolish humans."[1]

The Horn Book Magazine, although finding two of the tales not having "the same snap" as one of the others, appreciated others by calling them "a real cliffhanger", "a hum-dinger" and another that "scores on its crafty staging".[2]

Porch Lies has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,[3] Publishers Weekly,[4] Library Media Connection,[5] Journal of Children's Literature,[6] Reading Horizons,[7] and Teaching Pre K-8.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Porch lies : tales of slicksters, tricksters, and other wily characters . Buffalo and Erie County Public Library . March 28, 2017.
  2. Web site: Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters . kcls.bibliocommons.com . March 28, 2017.
  3. Web site: Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters . these tales all lend themselves to telling or reading aloud, and carry the common theme that even the worst rascals have saving graces. . August 1, 2006 . Kirkus Media LLC . March 28, 2017.
  4. Web site: Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters (starred review) . "Some folk believe the story; some don't. You decide for yourself." Readers of these spry tall tales will have a grand time doing just that. . July 10, 2006 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. March 28, 2017.
  5. Web site: A Friendship for Today . This collection is a sheer delight to read and could encourage teachers, students, and parents to imaginatively compose tales of a similar genre (i.e., oral and dramatic fabrication of wily characters) in the tradition of this family's porch lies. . kcls.bibliocommons.com . March 28, 2017.
  6. September 2007 . Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and other Wiley Characters . Journal of Children's Literature . 33 . 2 . 19 . March 28, 2017.
  7. March 2007 . Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and other Wiley Characters . Reading Horizons . 47 . 4 . 343 . March 28, 2017.
  8. January 2007 . Real-World Classroom Aids . Teaching Pre K-8 . Early Years Inc. . 37 . 4 . 38 . March 28, 2017.

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