Sister Tricksters: Rollicking Tales of Clever Females
by Robert D. San Souci
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A collection of trickster tales from the American South, featuring such female animal characters as Molly Cottontail and Miz Goose.Tags
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Characters: Sister Fox, Molly Miz Grasshopper, Miz Duck and Miz Goose. The opponents are Mistah Slickry Sly-fox, Rooster and Mistah Bear.
Setting: The American South
Theme: Clever females and their intelligence to overcome obstacles and tricks.
Genre: Tales from southern states; Trickster tales and Folklore tales.
Summary: The enemies try to play the “trickster” game themselves, but the sisters are able to see through the plotting and turn the tables to their own benefit. This collection of trickster tales is from the American South and the main characters are female animals.
Golden quote: “What happened reminded Miz Molly-and all her kin-that they’d better keep their wits about them at all times. There are many different kinds of show more bait a trickish creature can use to hook someone, whether he’s a got a fishing pole or not.”
Audience: Children ages 5 to adult (especially girls)
Curriculum ties: In geography students are able to make a map of the American South and trace the location of the tales. History students can compare and contrast trickster tales from the American South with Native American Trickster tales. They can look for similarities and differences from both groups.
Personal response: This collection of trickster tales is great because it give female readers an opportunity to find characters like Miz Duck and Miz Goose which become their heroines because they can relate to them. Most of the time trickster tales are written with male character and at the end the clever ones are males which make this genre less accessible for girls to be interested, but this collection changes that stereotype. show less
Setting: The American South
Theme: Clever females and their intelligence to overcome obstacles and tricks.
Genre: Tales from southern states; Trickster tales and Folklore tales.
Summary: The enemies try to play the “trickster” game themselves, but the sisters are able to see through the plotting and turn the tables to their own benefit. This collection of trickster tales is from the American South and the main characters are female animals.
Golden quote: “What happened reminded Miz Molly-and all her kin-that they’d better keep their wits about them at all times. There are many different kinds of show more bait a trickish creature can use to hook someone, whether he’s a got a fishing pole or not.”
Audience: Children ages 5 to adult (especially girls)
Curriculum ties: In geography students are able to make a map of the American South and trace the location of the tales. History students can compare and contrast trickster tales from the American South with Native American Trickster tales. They can look for similarities and differences from both groups.
Personal response: This collection of trickster tales is great because it give female readers an opportunity to find characters like Miz Duck and Miz Goose which become their heroines because they can relate to them. Most of the time trickster tales are written with male character and at the end the clever ones are males which make this genre less accessible for girls to be interested, but this collection changes that stereotype. show less
Mistah Fox's funeral -- Mista Fox and Molly Hare go fishing -- Toad, the grasshopper and the rooster -- Mistah Hare, Mistah Mink and Miz duck -- Miz Goose deceives Mistah Bear -- Mistah Bear tends store for Mistah Fox -- Mistah Fox and Sis' duck -- Foxes and the hot potatoes.
I would use this book in a folktale unit and I would have my students discuss the differences between these versions and the original versions.
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Robert D. San Souci was born on October 10, 1946 in San Francisco, California. He attended college at St. Mary's College in Moraga. After holding jobs in book stores and in publishing, he became a full-time author in 1974. He was best known for his adaptations of folklore for children. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 100 books for young show more readers including Song of Sedna, Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend, The Talking Eggs, Two Bear Cubs, Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, Brave Margaret: An Irish Tale, Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow, and Cinderella Skeleton. He wrote 12 books which were illustrated by his younger brother Daniel San Souci including The Legend of Scarface, Sister Tricksters: Rollicking Tales of Clever Females, and As Luck Would Have It: From The Brothers Grimm. He also wrote nonfiction works for children, several novels for adults, and the film story for Disney's Mulan. The Legend of Scarface won the Notable Children's Trade Book in the Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies, and was a Horn Book honor list citation. Sukey and the Mermaid won the American Library Association's Notable Book citation in 1992 and Cut from the Same Cloth won an Aesop Award from the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society. He died on December 19, 2014 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 398.20975 — Society, government, & culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography North American folktales Southeastern U.S.
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