A Bibliography of Appalachian Children and Young People's Books. INSTITUTION Berea Coll., Ky
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 092 976 CS 201 417 AUTHOR Edwards, Pat TITLE A Bibliography of Appalachian Children and Young People's Books. INSTITUTION Berea Coll., Ky. PUB DATE 20 Jul 73 NOTE 21p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$1.50 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS *Adolescent Literature; *Bibliographies; Biographies; *Childrens Books; Fiction; Folk Culture; Folklore Books; Music; Poetry; Short Stories; United States History IDENTIFIERS *Appalachia ABSTRACT Books listed in this bibliography are related to Appalachia in some way, and range from picture books to books classified as adult. Brief annotations from a variety of sources are provided for most of the titles, while grade levels are indicated for some of the books. Topics include pioneer history, folksongs, biographies, folk tales, Cherokee Indians, and folk customs. (JM) U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION S. AELFARC NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION D P0... T-F ,T % 5-; %" 0', 4 OSL. IT' 00 S0' SECI v I P1.1 -I 5" Cl::4. S405,, S* F 4 'CS 0, -00.:Cv *La BEST COPY AVAILABLE A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF APPALACHIAN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S BOOKS by PAT EDWARDS BEREA COLLEGE APPALACHIAN CENTER College Box 2336 Berea, Ky. 40403 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF APPALACHIAN CHILDREN ANDYOUNG PEOPLE'S BOOKS For APPALACHIAN STUDIES: LITERATURE AND THE ARTS Pat Edwards CPO 2336 Berea, Kentucky .July 20, 1973 INTRODUCTION The books in this bibliography range from picture books to books which are classified as "adult" books such as Harriette Arnow's THE DOLLMAKER. The bibliography is my no means complete. I'm sure there are other books which should be added, and some on this list deleted because they are either no longer available or they offer no real qualities of the mountains or the mountain people. In other words the book may not contain any substance and reading the book would be like eating bread without any seasoning. Some of the books, although fiction in nature, are based on historical incidents especially those of William Steele. Most of the settings for his books are in the pioneer days of Tennessee and Kentucky. For example, his characters journey over the Clinch Mountain, across the Powell Valley, up through Cumberland Gap, and on into the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky. I had a difficult time deciding on grade level and hesitated in including a grade level at all. Children do not read according to the grade they are in. Some read far above their grade level and others below their grade level. Therefore, the teacher should have a variety of books with different grade levels in the room available for the children to read. All of these books in this bibliography are supposedly related to Appalachia in some way. Not all of the writers are from the mountains,-and-, probably some of them have never seen a hill higher than an ant hill. Most of the books are annotated in some manner.These may be my comments on the book, the HORN BOOK MAGAZINE, the LIBRARY JOURNAL, reviews from newspapers, or for the lack of anything better, comments from the publishers of the book. Some of these books may be read aloud to the class such as GERTRUDE'S POCKET, and others, like Rebecca Caudill's COME ALONG, may be used in teaching creative writing and poetry. The books of William Steele will be useful in either historj' or social studies, or they may be read just for the adventures contained in the books. These books are most of all to be read for the joy of reading and in reading them will want to read more and other kinds of books becoming a person who likes to read books. I feel as though I have only begun to work on this bibliography and have lots of books to explore and read on the mountains and the mountain people. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF APPALACHIAN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S BOOKS AMERICAN HERITAGE, Eds., ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN PEACE AND WAR, Ill. maps and photos, AMERICAN HERITAGE: Harper, 1964, "the many-sided Lincoln- humorous, shrewd, introspective, war leader and family man- analyzed in relation to his times and contemporaries." Best Books for Children (Gr 6-up) ANDREW JACKSON: SOLDIER AND STATESMAN, AMERICAN HERITAGE: Harper, 1963, Biography Best Books for Children (Gr 7-up) Armstrong, William H., THE MACLEOD PLACE, Coward McCann and Georghegan, "Tor MacLeod's beautiful old family farm in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains is threatened by a federal high way project. The author, who has also SOUNDER, has something vital and timely to say about "progress" and the priority of values in today's world." Publishers (Ages 12-up) Arnow, Harriette, THE DOLLMAKER, Collier Books, New York, 1961, An intense moving story of a family's migration from the mountains to Detroit and the inner strength of a mountain woman in a foreign environment. (High school-up) MOUNTAIN PATH, Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc., Berea, Kentucky, 1936, A young teacher's experiences of teaching and living in the mountains; use of dialect (Gr 7-up) HUNTER'S HORN, The MacMillan Company, 1949, To read HUNTER'S HORN is to walk in the seasons and brush the lives of those who know the hills as home. (High school-up) Baldwin, Clara, LITTLE TUCK, Doubleday, Kentucky fiction (Gr 3-5) Baldwin, Gordon C., HOW INDIANS REALLY LIVED, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1967, "A thorough report on the major Indian tribes of nine large geo- graphic areas between the Mexican border and the Alaskan Artic. Includes photos and maps. A Science Survey Book. Best Books for Children (Gr 5-8) Bealer, Alex, ONLY THE NAMES REMAIN: THE CHEROKEES AND THE TRAIL OF TEARS, Little, Brown, Boston, 1972, Ill. by William Sauts Bock, "Although the melodic names - such as Chattahoochee, Oostenaula, Chattanooga- have endured, the Cherokees no longer dominate their ancestral lands. The story of the unique development and tragic dissolution of their power is poignantly told in the lucid account describing their tribal customs and their first enco,Jrter with the white man." Horn Book (Gr 5-up) -2- Billings, Henry. ALL UUWN THE VALLEY, New York, The Viking Press, 1952 Bleeker, Sonia, THE CHEROKEE, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1952, "The great Sequoya set Cherokee down as a written language; the days of John Ross, the first president of the Cherokee Nation, saw the forting of their won constitution, but by mid-nineteenth century, there were battles for independence tragically lost and a forced migration to the west. We recommend that this splendid series not be overlooked as important steps to an inner understanding of Indian ways." Virginia Kirkus Service (Gr 5-up) Bosworth, Allan J., ALL THE DARK PLACES, Doubleday, 1968, "The mishaps that strand 16-year-old Peter without food or light in this foolhardy attempt to explore Preacher's End, a cave the Appalachians, climax in a nightmarish crawl to the surface in this high adventure of solitary spelunking." Best Books for Children (Gr 7-9) BOONE: Brown, John Mason, DANIEL/ THE OPENING OF THE WILDERNESS, Ill. by Lee J. Ames, Random, 1952, Biography, Best Gooks for Children (Gr 5-8) Buer, Walter, UNDERGROUND RICHES THE STORY OF MINING, William Morrow and Co., New York, 1958, Resource book (Gr 1-3) Burch, Robert, RENFROE'S CHRISTMAS, Ill. by Rocco Negri, Viking, 1968, "A gracefully written story of Christmas in rural northern Georgia. This understated story with its excellent characterization has year-round as well as holiday appeal." Library Journal "The rural regional quality of the story is strong, the details of church pageant and party are relayed with humor, and the conversations abound in briskness and poignancy." Horn Book (Ages 7-10) Burt, Jesse and Robert Ferguson, INDIANS OF THE SOUTHEAST: THEN AND NOW, 1973, (All ages) Carmer, Elizabeth and Carl, TONY BEAVER: GRIDDLE SKATER, Garrad, 1965, "Down in the hills of West Virginia, Tony has a most unusual skating race with his cousin, Paul Bunyan." Publishers (Gr 3) Carroll, Ruth and Latrobe, TOUGH ENOUGH, Ill. by Authors, Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1954 BEANIE, Ill. by Ruth Carroll, Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1953, "A small boy in the Great Smoky Mountains and his new puppy run into bear trouble." Best Books for Children (Gr 3-5-) TOUGH ENOUGH'S PONY, 111. by authors, Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1957 RUNAWAY PONY, RUNAWAY DOG, Ill by Authors, Henry Z. Walck, Inc., -3- TOUGH !1. Authors, Henry 1. Walck, Inc., 1956 TOUGH ENOUGH AND SASSY, Ill. by Authors, Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1958 TOUGH ENOUGH'S INDIANS, Ill by Authors, Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1960 (These are the series of adventures of a family and their dog living in the Sftioky Mountains with detailed illustrations by the authors. ) k,2becca, URRIE AD DAUGHTER, Viking Press, New York, 1943 HAPPY LITTLE FAMILY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York, 1947, "The first of the books about Bennie and Debby when they were four and six and growiny up in the Kentucky mountains." Publishers SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE WOODS, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York, 1949, This warm story describes happy times in a one-room mountain school just after the turn of the century." Publishers UP AND DOWN THE RIVER, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York, 1951, "In an attempt to get "rich", Bonnie and Debby spend a summer vacation selling products they've found advertised in a magazine." Publishers SCHOOLROOM IN THE PARLOR, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York, 1959, "Every winter meant vacation from school because the Fairchilds were snowbound except this time when Althy taught at home."Publishers TREE OF FREEDOM, The viking Press, New York, 1949, Ill.