Her talent for telling tales was evident in childhood, as one of eight siblings growing up in a small farming village in rural North Carolina. SidelightsĪlice McGill began her creative life as a storyteller. Way up and over Everything, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2005. Sure as Sunrise: Stories of Bruh Rabbit and His Walkin' Talkin' Friends, illustrated by Don Tate, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA) 2004.

Here We Go Round, illustrated by Shane Evans, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2002. In the Hollow of Your Hand: Slave Lullabies (includes compact disc of McGill singing the lullabies), illustrated by Michael Cummings, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2000. Miles' Song, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2000. Soentpiet, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1999. Writingsįlying Africans (audio recording) Earwig ( Chicago, IL), 1988. Presidential Citation, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education Picture Book Award, International Reading Association, Skipping Stones Award, and Jane Addams Peace Award, all 2000, Living the Dream Award, 2001, and Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People citation, National Council for the Social Studies/Children's Book Council, all for Molly Bannaky Riverbank Review Award, 2000, and National Parenting Publications Award, 2001, both for In the Hollow of Your Hand. Taught elementary school for eighteen years became professional traveling storyteller writer. Education: Elizabeth City State Teacher's College, B.S. Born February 28, in Mary's Chapel, North Carolina married.

Miles' Song by Alice McGill