The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday: An Appalachian Folktale - Softcover

Davis, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874838517 ISBN 13: 9780874838510

Publisher: August House, 2007

Synopsis

An Appalachian Folktale retold by Donald Davis

In this award-winning home-grown version of "The Three Little Pigs," the villain is, naturally, a fox - the Appalachian red fox, who any local hunter will tell you is a worthy and cunning opponent.

Davis's storytelling skills make full use of the tale's inherent repetition, capturing the mountain rhythms, homestead setting, and rural wisdom of the Appalachians.

The bright watercolors depict a clever fox and capture the eastern mountain terrain that has shaped this unique version of a well-known tale. This Appalachian story about three clever pigs will teach readers the importance of courage, respect and resourcefulness.

August House Publishers offer free lesson plans for The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday.

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About the Author

Donald Davis Bio:

Donald Davis was raised in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. He didn't realize it at the time, but he grew up in a family of gifted storytellers who passed their talent along to Donald. His legendary Uncle Frank was a front-porch storyteller of the first order and the source of many of Donald's tales. Young Davis was a capable student. He went to college and then to divinity school. For twenty years he served the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Then came a day when he found that he would rather tell Uncle Frank's tall tales than give another sermon. He would rather recall two old-maid sisters who abused the party line than marry one more couple. Fortunately, Davis had no trouble finding audiences: all of his former congregations lined up to book him to perform as a storyteller. He now tours the USA ten months a year, making about 300 storytelling presentations annually. He can be found in schools, at libraries, in front of conventions, and as a headliner at storytelling festivals. Davis has appeared on ABC News Nightline, and he has been a guest on National Public Radio and CNN. His books and spoken word recordings have received critical acclaim and won many awards. Davis has written ten books and recorded twenty audio recordings with August House. When Donald isn't crisscrossing the country performing his stories, he comes home to Ocracoke Island, North Carolina where he lives with his wife, Merle.

Jennifer Mazzucco Bio:

Jennifer Mazzucco is the proprietor of a vibrant local arts community, Prasada, which serves as a children's arts enrichment school during the daytime and a performance and devotional space during the evenings.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 4–This charming version of "The Three Little Pigs" weaves mountain wisdom into a readable story with just the right amount of repetition for sharing aloud. Mama Pig sends out her youngsters one by one with the admonition, "Now, let me tell you two things: If you have to build a house, build it out of rocks and bricks. And please come home and see your mama on Sunday." Needless to say, a slick-suited, fast-talking fox hoodwinks the first two pigs and then swallows each of them in one gulp. The last pig builds a brick house. The fox manages to talk his way in, but he's so tired from the effort that he falls asleep by the fireplace. This pig cleverly figures out a way to get rid of the predator and makes it to Mama's house on Sunday. The illustrations are big and bright with scenery that echoes the Appalachian Mountains. Blue skies dance with shooting stars and billowy smoke. There are painterly brush strokes evident in the fox, which add to his shifty nature. An endnote relates an entertaining personal anecdote about the story and provides a brief explanation of its history. A fine addition to folktale collections.–Linda M. Kenton, San Rafael Public Library, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: August House
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0874838517
• ISBN 13: 9780874838510
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Mazzucco Jennifer