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Porch lies tales of slicksters, tricksters, and other wily characters

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Main Author: McKissack, Pat, 1944-
Other Authors: Carrilho, AndreĢ (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Children's stories, American.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Short stories > Juvenile.
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Physical Description:xii, 146 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:0375836195
037593619X (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:Patricia C. McKissack is one of the most acclaimed authors writing for children today. She has written many award-winning books, including Never Forgotten , a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book; Porch Lies , an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book; The Dark Thirty, a Newbery Honor Book; Let My People Go , recipient of the NAACP Image Award; and Mirandy and Brother Wind , a Caldecott Honor Book. Her other books include The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll, Goin' Someplace Special , and Precious and the Boo Hag . Patricia and her husband, Frederick McKissack, are the recipients of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Andre Carrilho is a designer, cartoonist, caricature artist, and illustrator. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times Book Review , Harper's , and Vanity Fair , among others. He is also the illustrator of the picture book You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter. Andre Carrilho lives in Lisbon, Portugal.

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