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Informationen zum Autor Zora Neale Hurston wrote four novels ( Jonah’s Gourd Vine; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Moses, Man of the Mountains; and Seraph on the Suwanee ) and was still working on her fifth novel, The Life of Herod the Great , when she died; three books of folklore ( Mules and Men and the posthumously published Go Gator and Muddy the Water and Every Tongue Got to Confess ); a work of anthropological research ( Tell My Horse ); an autobiography (Dust Tracks on a Road ); an international bestselling ethnographic work ( Barracoon ); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, grew up in Eatonville, Florida, and lived her last years in Fort Pierce, Florida. Christopher Myers is a graduate of Brown University and the Whitney Museum of Art Independent Studio Program. He is the acclaimed illustrator of Love: Selected Poems by E. E. Cummings; Harlem: A Poem , a Caldecott Honor Book; Jazz , a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; Blues Journey , a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. He is also the author-illustrator of Black Cat and H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination , both Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books; We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart ; A Time to Love: Stories from the Old Testament ; Looking Like Me ; Wings ; and Fly! Joyce Carol Thomas is an internationally renowned author who received the National Book Award for her first novel, Marked By Fire , and a Coretta Scott King Honor for The Blacker the Berry and for her first picture book, Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea . Her picture book I Have Heard of a Land received a Coretta Scott King Honor and an IRA/CBC Teachers' Choice Award and was an ALA Notable Book. Her other titles include The Gospel Cinderella , Crowning Glory , Gingerbread Days , and A Gathering of Flowers . Ms. Thomas lives in Berkeley, California. Klappentext LIES AND OTHER TALL TALES These tales are so tall they touch the sky! From Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers and Zora Neale Hurston. While traveling in the Gulf States in the 1930s! Zora Neale Hurston collected and recorded some real whoppers told by folks from all walks of life. Not "dog ate my homework" kind of lies! but tales so wild you didn't ever want to hear the truth. And now today's picture–book readers can enjoy these far–fetched fibs! with Caldecott Honor artist Christopher Myers's spirited adaption and bold! expressive collages. Zusammenfassung These tales are so tall they touch the sky! From Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor artist Christopher Myers and Zora Neale Hurston. While traveling in the Gulf States in the 1930s! Zora Neale Hurston collected and recorded some real whoppers told by folks from all walks of life. Not "dog ate my homework" kind of lies! but tales so wild you didn't ever want to hear the truth. And now today's picture book readers can enjoy these far-fetched fibs with Christopher Myers's spirited adaption and bold! expressive collages. ...
