Sister Tricksters: Rollicking Tales of Clever Females [Hardcover]

Robert D. San Souci (Author), Daniel San Souci (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 8, 2006 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

We are all very familiar with the classic male trickster characters such as Brer Rabbit, Anansi, and even Bugs Bunny. In this collection, Robert San Souci, the author of many award-winning retellings of legends and folktales for children, teams up with his brother, Daniel, to show us that the fairer sex can be just as clever and resourceful as their male counterparts.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Starred Review. Grade 3-6–These eight stories, featuring characters like Molly Cottontail, Miz Grasshopper, and Miz Goose, are energetically retold from Anne Virginia Culbertsons long out-of-print At the Big House (Bobbs-Merrill, 1904). The informative introduction states that the motivation for this book is to reintroduce female tricksters who are otherwise sparsely represented in folklore. An occasional pointed statement implies that females are more adept at thinking than males. Tales include an amusing story about Mistah Fox, who pretends to be dead; a humorous pourquoi tale that explains why roosters and toads eat grasshoppers; and a hilarious tale about Mistah Bear, who sits on a pile of pumpkins because Miz Goose convinces him that they are eggs that will hatch the family he so dearly wants. Delicious dialect and expressions convey a rural Southern flavor, yet the text is never hard to read or understand. In one story, Molly Cottontail responds to Mistah Fox, I know Im no more to look at these days than a lean crow with a graveyard cough. Stunning, richly colored, detailed, and playful paintings showing animals dressed in lavish finery introduce each lively tale. The illustrations and the large-print text stand out clearly on cream-colored backgrounds. This book warrants a place in all folklore collections.–Kirsten Cutler, Sonoma County Library, CA
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 70 pages
• Publisher: August House; First edition (June 8, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087483791X
• ISBN-13: 978-0874837919
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,720,882 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)