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Horace King: Bridges to Freedom (American Stories)

1 review
Faye Gibbons

Crane Hill Publishers, 2003

A well written young adult biography of a fascinating man
This young adult offering tells the story of Horace King, who was born into slavery in 1807 in South Carolina. His story is quite unique, as King had some educational opportunities early in his life. This was rare in those times as it was illegal to teach blacks how to read in most of the slave states. Early in adulthood, King shows great intellectual promise. It is during his time in Alabama ...

Hook Moon Night: Spooky Tales from the Georgia Mountains

1 review
Faye Gibbons

HarperCollins Publishers, 1997

Terrific collection
These spooky tales are skillfully woven together. As a Georgia mountain family gathers together at night on the front porch, the traditional ghost stories are told, one gracefully transitioning into the other. Many of the tales are eerie like the one of the woman who was buried alive. But my favorite was the one of the ghostly teacher who inspires a lame boy to learn and to teach. The black and ...

Mountain Wedding
Faye Gibbons

Boyds Mills Press, 2005

Mountain Wedding is a fine children's story of an old-time wedding, with a twist that makes the Brady Bunch seem small in comparison. Mandy Searcy narrates the nuptial ceremony between her mother, who has five children, and Mr. Long, who has seven of his own. The wedding doesn't go as planned--how could it with 12 kids?--as horses, wagons, and kids take off through the countryside. The confusion and merriment is captured playfully with ...

Night in the Barn

1 review
Faye Gibbons

HarperCollins, 1995

Perfect book for a 5 year old boy
My son is at the age where he no longer has interest in cute picture books about animals and farms. He wants books about real little boys his age who are adventurous. This book was a real find! He simply loves to listen to this book about a little boy who agrees to sleep in the barn overnight with his older cousins. The illustrations and text depict in a subtle way, the fear and hesitation ...

What God Has Made!
Joyce Faye Gibbons

PublishAmerica, 2004

God created the world and all that is in it. He made a land of beauty for us to live upon, with a sun to provide us warmth and light. He made trees and flowers to brighten the landscape and provide radiance upon the land. He made a moon to light our way on even the darkest of nights, and beautiful clouds and sunsets for us to admire during our day. He made a path for each of us to follow, with footsteps to guide our journey along the way that ...

Full Steam Ahead

1 review
Faye Gibbons

Boyds Mills Press, 2002

another great book
Sherry Meidell does wonderful illustrations and this book is another example of her fun style. Our kids love them.

Emma Jo's Song

1 review
Faye Gibbons

Boyds Mills Press, 2001

A warm, funny, entertaining, well recommended picturebook
Everyone in the Puckett family loves music, plays an instrument and sings. But every time Emma Jo, a spirited young girl, tries to sing the family's old hound dog raises a terrible howl -- no matter how softly she sings! Then comes the day of the big Puckett family reunion with its sound of fiddles, banjos, and kinfolk singing. When Emma Jo's brother suggests that she get up and sing "This Little ...

Mama and Me and the Model T
Faye Gibbons

HarperCollins Publishers, 1999

Put-put-pow...rackety-put-pow! The Searcy-Long family has a brand-new motorcar. But when Mr. Long refuses to teach Mama Searcy how to drive, she grabs the wheel, starts the engineand shows that cars arent for men only. A riotous sequel to this teams popular Mountain Wedding , which Publishers Weekly called "funny yet heartfelt."

The Day the Picture Man Came

1 review
Faye Gibbons

Boyds Mills Press, 2003

A FUN LOOK AT YESTERYEAR
Emily Howard wasn't having a particularly good day. She tried on her older sister's bonnet only to have it snatched by her brother's goat. Then, the dogs chased a cat through the house creating a trail of mess that included the spilling of Emily's guaranteed freckle remover. So Mama, in order to try to have a little peace and quiet, sent the youngsters out to pick blackberries (not a chore ...

Some Glad Morning
Faye Gibbon

William Morrow & Co, 1982

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