New York: Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 1988
No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality
New / New. Illustrated by Scott Cook. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
An evocative, richly illustrated anthology of tales, poems, superstitions, and sayings from the American South introduces such characters as Brer' Rabbit, Fool John, and Ol' Gally Mander.
Van Laan has gathered rhymes, folktales, superstitions, and riddles from the Deep South, the Louisiana bayous, and the hollows of the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains into a lively, exceptional anthology, which is a superb choice for reading aloud, storytelling, or reading privately just for fun.
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