APPALACHIAN MATERIALS FOR YOUTH
Bates, Arte Ann. Ragsale. Illustrated by Jeff Chapman-Crane.
Houghton, 1995.
Jessann and her family spend Saturday going to the ragsales in their
Appalachian town.
Birdseye, Tom. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain. Illustrated by
Andrew Glass. Holiday House, 1994.
Family members compose verses to the folk song, "She'll Be Comin' Round
the Mountain," to describe an unexpected visitor.
Bruchac, Joseph. First Strawberries: Cherokee Story. Illustrated by
Anna Vojtech. Dial, 1993.
Folklore; Cherokee. A quarrel between the first man and the first
woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the
earth.
Burch, Robert. Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain. Viklng, 1980.
An ALA Notable Book. Tough times in rural Georgia during the Depression
take a spirited turn when Ida Early arrives to keep house for the
Suttons.
Byars, Betsy.After the Goat Man. Illustrated by Ronald Himler.
Viking, 1974.
An overweight, sensitive boy gains the insight and strength to overcome
his problems through his search and discovery of a friend's grandfather
known as the Goat Man.
Caduto, Michael J. Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories.
Illustrated by John K. Fadden. Fulcrum, 1988.
Native American folklore. A collection of native American tales and
myths focusing on the relationship between man and nature.
Carson, Jo. Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet. Orchard, 1989.
Poetry.
Carter, Forrest. Education of Little Tree. New Mexico, 1976.
Fiction. Cherokee.
Caudill, Rebecca. Certain Small Shepherd. Illustrated by William
Pene Du Bois. Holt, 1965.
Caudill, Rebecca. Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley?
Illustrated by Nancy Grossman. Holt, 1966.
Caudill, Rebecca. Pocketful of Cricket. Illustrarel by Evaline
Ness. Holt, 1964.
Chase, Richard. Grandfather Tales. lllustrated by Berkeley
Williams. Houghton, 1976.
Chase, Richard. Jack Tales. Illustrated by Berkeley Williams.
Houghton, 1971.
Cleaver, Vera. Trial Valley. Lippincott, 1977.
Sequel to Where the Lilies Bloom. Great Smoky Mountains. The
family takes in a young abandoned child.
Cleaver, Vera. Where the Lilies Bloom. Illustrated by Jim
Spanfeller. Lippincott, 1969.
Great Smoky Mountains. A fourteen-year-old girl struggles to keep her
family together when their father dies.
Cleaver, Vera. Where the Lilies Bloom (Video). MGM/UA, 1973.
Cole, Norma. Final Tide. McElderry/Macmillan, 1990.
When the Tennessee Valley Authority builds a dam at Wolf Creek to bring
electricity to Tollers Ridge, everyone prepares to move to higher
ground except Granny who refuses to leave her home.
Compton, Joanne. Ashpet. Illustrated by Kenn Compton. Holiday
House, 1994.
Compton, Joanne. Sody Sallyratus. Illustrated by Kenn Compton.
Holiday House, 1995.
Compton, Joanne. Jack the Giant Chaser: An Appalachian Tale.
Illustrated by Kenn Compton. Holiday House, 1993.
Goode, Diane. Book of American Folk Tales and Songs. Illustrated by
Diane Goode. Dutton, 1989
Green, Connie Jordan. Emmy. McElderry/Macmillan, 1992.
Green, Connie Jordan. War at Home. McElderry/Macmillan, 1989.
Haley, Gail E. Jack and the Bean Tree. Illustrated by Gail E.
Haley. Crown, 1986.
Haley, Gail E. Jack and the Fire Dragon. Illustrated by Gail E.
Haley. Crown, 1988.
Haley, Gail E. Mountain Jack Tales. Illustrated by Gail E. Haley.
Dutton, 1992.
Hendershot, Judith. In Coal Country. Illustrated by Thomas B.
Allen. Knopf, 1987.
Hite, Sid. It's Nothing to a Mountain. Holt, 1994.
Hooks, William H. Ballad of Belle Dorcas. Illustrated by Brian
Pinkney. Knopf, 1990.
Hooks, William H. Snowbear Whittington: Appalachian Beauty and the
Beast. Illustrated by Victoria Lisi. Macmillan, 1994.
Hooks, William H. Three Pigs and the Fox. Illustrated by S.D.
Schindler. Macmillan, 1989.
Houston, Gloria. Littlejim's Gift: An Appalachian Christmas Story.
Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. Philomel, 1994.
Houston, Gloria. Mountain Valor. illustrated by Thomas B. Allen.
Philomel, 1994.
Houston, Gloria. My Great Aunt Arizona. Illustrated by Susan Condie
Lamb. HarperCollins, 1992.
Houston, Gloria. Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree. Illustrated by
Barbara Cooney. Dial, 1988.
Hinter, C. W. Green Gourd: North Carolina Folktale.
Illustrated by Tony Geiego. Putnam, 1992.
Issacs, Anne. Swamp Angel. Illustrated by Paul 0. Zelinsky. Duton,
1994.
Kassen, Lou. Listen for Rachel. McElderry/Macmillan, 1986.
Kidd, Ronald. On Top of Old Smoky: A Collection of Songs.
Illustrated by Linda Anderson. Ideals, 1992.
Klausner, Janet. Sequoyah's Gift: Portrait of the Cherokee.
HarperCollins, 1993.
Lyon, George Ella. Borrowed Children. Orchard, 1988.
Lyon, George Ella. Cecil's Story. Illustrated by Peter
Catalanotto. Orchard, 1991.
Lyon, George Ella. Come a Tide. Illustrated by Stephen Gammell.
Orchard, 1990.
Lyon, George Ella. Mama Is a Miner. Illustrated by Peter
Catalanotto. Orchard, 1994.
Lyon, George Ella. Regular Rolling Noah. Illustrated by Stephen
Gammell. Bradbrry, 1986.
Marion, Jeff Daniel. Hello Crow. Illustrated by Leslie Bowman.
Orchard, 1992.
McKissack, Patricia. Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the
Supernatural. Illustted by Brian Pinkney. Knopf, 1992.
Miller, Jim Wayne. Newfound. Orchard, 1989.
Mills, Lauren. Rag Coat. Illustrated by Lauren Mills. Little Brown,
1991.
Mills, Patricia. Until the Cows Come Home. illustrated by Patricia
Mills. North-South, 1993.
Milnes, Gerald. Granny Will Your Dog Bite? illustrated by Kimberly
Root. Knopf, 1990.
Milnes, Gerald. Granny Will Your Dog Bite? (Tape) Knopf, 1990.
Moser, Barry. Polly Vaughn. Illustrated by Bary Moser. Little
Brown, 1992.
Moser, Barry. Tucker Pfeffercorn. Illustrated by Barry Moser.
Little Brown, 1994.
O'Kelley, Mattie Lou. Circus. Illustrated by Mattie Lou O'Kelley.
Atlantic Monthly, 1986.
Ransom, Candidee F. When the Whippoorwill Calls. Illustrated by
Kimberly Bulcken Root. Tambourine Books 1995
Reeder, Carolyn. Grandpa's Mountain. Macmillan, 1991.
Rockwood, Joyce. Enoch's Place. Holt, 1980.
Rockwood, Joyce. Groundhog's Horse. illustrated by Victor Kalen. Holt,
1978.
Ross, Gayle. How Rabbit Tricked Otter and Other Cherokee Tales.
Illustrated by Murv Jacob. HarperCollins, 1994.
Ross, Gayle. How Turtle's Back Was Cracked: Cherokee Tale. Illustrated by
Murv Jacob. Dial, 1995
Rylant, Cynthia. Appalachia: Voices of Sleeping Birds. illustrated by
Barry Moser. Harcourt, 1991.
Rylant, Cynthia. Blue Eyed Daisy. Bradbury, 1985.
Rylant, Cynthia. But I'll Be Back Again: An Album. Orchard, 1989.
Rylant, Cynthia. Miss Maggie. Illustrated by Thomas De Grazia. Dutton,
1983.
Rylant, Cynthia. Missing May. Orchard, 1992.
Rylant, Cynthia. Relatives Came. illustrated by Stephen Gammell. Bradbury,
1985.
Rylant, Cynthia. Something Permanent. Photographs by Walker Evans.
Harcourt, 1994
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Rylant, Cynthia. When I Was Young in the Mountains. illustrated by Diane
Goode. Dutton, 1982.
Smith, Doris Buchanan. Return to Bitter Creek. Viking, 1986.
Smucker, Anna Egan. No Star Nights. illustrated by Steve Johnson. Knopf
1989.
Still, James. Jack and the Wonder Beans. Illustrated by Margot Tomes.
Putnam, 1977.
Still, James. Way Down Yonder on Troublesome Creek Illustrated by Janet
MeCaffery Putnam, 1974
White, Ruth. Sweet Creek Holler Farrar, 1988.
Wooldridge, Connie. Wicked Jack. illustrated by Will Hillenbrand.
Holiday Honse, 1995.
Yep, Laurence. Star Fisher. Morrow, 1991.
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