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Show Title: BookCast Interview with Alice McGill

Show Length: 12:37

Show Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:38:56

Show Notes:

Alice McGill is an award-winning author and storyteller. Her first book Molly Bannaky is based on one of her favorite stories. It was an ALA Notable Book in 2000 and won the 2000 Jane Addams Peace Award; International Reading Award; 2000 Skipping Stones Award; and 2001 Living the Dream Award.

McGill was born in a small farming community in North Carolina where in nearby Scotland Neck, "people still park in the middle of the street." She attended a four-room school with her five brothers and two sisters. Storytelling and reading were favorite pastimes in her home.

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