Age
9+
Jackie Torrence
Importance of Pot Liquor
Hardcover
(August House Dec. 19, 2005)
, 1st edition
The late Jackie Torrence, known to audiences nationwide simply as The Story Lady, had a way with words. These lively, engaging stories feature characters from folklore (Br'er Rabbit and Tar Baby) and from the Bible (Hosea and Gomer, the Lost Son), with a few of her family stories that have proven to be crowd pleasers ( Pa's Trip from Town: A Ghost Story, and The Strawberry Pie). The title essay encourages African-American youth to learn and preserve the stories of their people as a source of ....
- Series
- American Storytelling
- ISBN
- 0874833388 / 9780874833386
- Pages
- 136
- Weight
- 8.5 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.3 x 0.6 in.
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