In a series of acclaimed memoirs, Clifton Taulbert has told of the nurturing community that raised him within the segregated Mississippi Delta of the 1950s. Now the memorable characters from "Eight... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0803721749
ISBN13:9780803721746
Release Date:February 1999
Publisher:Dial Books
Length:32 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 8.8" x 10.8"
Age Range:4 to 8 years
Grade Range:Kindergarten to Grade 3
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Country Livin?
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
In this book we meet Little Cliff, a young boy growing up in the Mississippi Delta. He lives with his great-parents, Momma Pearl and Poppa Joe, while his mother teaches school. In this story, he is given a big responsibility, to go through the town and get butter for Momma Pearl to make her candied sweet potatoes in her "magic skillet". Cliff is anxious to get his job done, but along the way several "porch people", friends and neighbors who sit on their front porches and socialize, stop him, giving him their own ingredients for the potatoes. He eventually completes his task and has a huge dinner with his family and all of the "porch people". The illustrations in this book serve as a tribute to country life and the camaraderie amongst neighbors. I highly recommend this novel and it would be a welcome complement to any family library.Reviewed by Latoya Carter-Qawiyy ofThe RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
Little Cliff and the Porch People
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Little Cliff and the Porch People is a lovely book with beautiful watercolor illustrations that capture the Mississippi Delta region. I believe that little people of all races will find this book enjoyable.Little Cliff is a African-American boy in the south who is sent to run the errand of getting a special ingredient for his great-grandmother's candied sweet potatoes. His journey brings back sweet memories of days gone by. A time when neighbors would go out of their way to help each other and children were taught manners and respect for their elders.
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