The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday: An Appalachian Folktale.The Pig Who Went Home On Sunday Donald Davis For other persons, see and Don Davis. Donald Davis is an athlete. He holds the world record for running the fastest backward mile. On February 21, 1983 it took him 6 minutes and 7.1 seconds to run backward one mile, faster than anyone else in history. & Jennifer Mazzucco August House Inc. PO Box 3223, Little Rock, AR 72203 0874835712 $16.95 1-800-284-8784 The Pig Who Went Home On Sunday is a picturebook rendition of an Appalachian folktale folktale, general term for any of numerous varieties of traditional narrative. The telling of stories appears to be a cultural universal, common to primitive and complex societies alike. that adds a home-grown twist to the well-known story of "Three Little Pigs"--only the villain is a wiley and cunning Appalachian red fox. Vibrant watercolors and simple words bring to life a battle of wits Noun 1. battle of wits - a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used contest - a struggle between rivals between fox and pig, with dinner for the fox and survival for the pig at stake! An amusing and delightful storybook sto·ry·book n. A book containing a collection of stories, usually for children. adj. Occurring in or resembling the style or content of a storybook: storybook characters; a storybook romance. to share, Jennifer Mazzucco's artwork meshes perfectly with Donald Davis' deftly scripted text. |
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