Lies and Other Tall Tales
By (Author) Zora Neale Hurston
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
By (author) Joyce Carol Thomas
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
27th January 2015
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
398.2
Paperback
40
Width 203mm, Height 273mm
173g
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, author of the classic Their EyesWere Watching God,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.
Zora Neale Hurston, the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, was deemed "one of the greatest writers of our time" by Toni Morrison. With the publication of Lies and Other Tall Tales, The Skull Talks Back, and What's the Hurry, Fox new generations will be introduced to Hurston's legacy. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, in 1891, and died in 1960.