We Schuttes are no strangers to the stage. Thanks to my mom’s persistence, we all learned to speak up and speak clearly from a young age and have no trouble presenting to or performing for a crowd. Acting ability is another question, however, and some of my siblings have that skill in spades. I’m not among them, but I can muddle along as a side character when needed, as I was a few years ago when we put on a home reenactment of the Appalachian folktale Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap!
Tom Birdseye’s retelling of this hilarious tale is a family favorite, and the illustrations by Andrew Glass are delightfully colorful. The story’s star, Plug Honeycut, is horribly forgetful. Why, he can’t even remember his own name most of the time! Plug’s mama, though, fiercely loves her only son, and has a confidence in his abilities that even Mother Teresa might question.
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