My Lists
Featured Lists
Etched in Clay
The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poet
By Cheng, Andrea
- ISBN
- 978-1-60060-451-5
- Publisher
- Lee
REVIEWS
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2013
Readers familiar with Laban Carrick Hill and Bryan Collier's 2011 Caldecott Honor-winning picture book Dave the Potter will appreciate Cheng's interpretation of the man's life story. Historical record leaves much unknown about this real person, a slave living in South Carolina who learned how to mold clay and became a fine potter. Through alternating perspectives (Dave; partners in the pottery business; the slave master...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Intermediate Fiction
Historical record leaves much unknown about this real person, a slave living in South Carolina who became a fine potter. In her interpretat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
