The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday An Appalachian Folktale

by Davis, Donald; Mazzucco, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9780874838510
• ISBN10: 0874838517
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-10
• Publisher: August House

Summary

In this award-winning home-grown version of The Three Little Pigs, the villain is, naturally, a fox-the Appalachian red fox, who any local hunter will tell you is a worthy and cunning opponent. Davis's storytelling skills make full use of the tale's inherent repetition, capturing the mountain rhythms, homestead setting, and rural wisdom of the Appalachians. Mazzucco's bright watercolors depict a fox who is part game-show host, part used-car salesman, and they capture the eastern mountain terrain that has shaped this unique version of a well-known tale.

Author Biography

Donald Davis Bio:

Donald Davis was raised in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. He didn't realize it at the time, but he grew up in a family of gifted storytellers who passed their talent along to Donald. His legendary Uncle Frank was a front-porch storyteller of the first order and the source of many of Donald's tales. Young Davis was a capable student. He went to college and then to divinity school. For twenty years he served the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Then came a day when he found that he would rather tell Uncle Frank's tall tales than give another sermon. He would rather recall two old-maid sisters who abused the party line than marry one more couple. Fortunately, Davis had no trouble finding audiences: all of his former congregations lined up to book him to perform as a storyteller. He now tours the USA ten months a year, making about 300 storytelling presentations annually. He can be found in schools, at libraries, in front of conventions, and as a headliner at storytelling festivals. Davis has appeared on ABC News Nightline, and he has been a guest on National Public Radio and CNN. His books and spoken word recordings have received critical acclaim and won many awards. Davis has written ten books and recorded twenty audio recordings with August House. When Donald isn't crisscrossing the country performing his stories, he comes home to Ocracoke Island, North Carolina where he lives with his wife, Merle.

Jennifer Mazzucco Bio:

Jennifer Mazzucco is the proprietor of a vibrant local arts community, Prasada, which serves as a children's arts enrichment school during the daytime and a performance and devotional space during the evenings.