Jackie Torrence, 60; Storyteller Focused on Cultural Lore
LA Times
The four little 5-year-olds were adamant. They had come to the library to hear a story, and “L’il Red Riding Hood” would not do.
They also rejected “The Three Little Pigs.” Way too boring.
Jackie Torrence, assigned to pinch-hit for the absent children’s department story lady, was getting desperate when she remembered a tale from her own Appalachian childhood.
“How about Sody Salleradus?” she said, and the preschoolers were hooked.
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