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Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When one after another family member goes the store for baking soda and never returns, the pet squirrel decides to investigate in this retelling of a traditional Appalachian tale.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of an old Japanese folktale, set in the American South, in which the strongest man in Tennessee, on his way to win a contest, encounters two exceptionally strong women who train him for success.
Author
Publisher
August House
Pub. Date
1992.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of thirteen Jack tales from the southern Appalachian Mountains, including "The Time Jack Told a Big Tale, " "The Time Jack Cured the Doctor, " and "The Time Jack Stole the Cows."
Author
Publisher
Pelican Pub. Company
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When one after another family member goes the store for baking soda and never returns, the pet squirrel decides to investigate in this retelling of a traditional Appalachian tale. Includes a recipe for soda biscuits.
Author
Publisher
Ideals Children's Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of eleven traditional songs and three folk tales from Appalachia, including "The Frog He Went A'Courting, " "I Gave My Love a Cherry, " and "Jack and the Bean Tree."
Author
Publisher
Familius
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"In creating the highly detailed landscape silhouettes for Mama, let's make a moon, Clay spent many weeks doing field study in the Appalachian mountains. In Mama, Clay takes us on a wonderfully lighthearted mountain adventure that is as playful as a bear cub, but with a message that's as deep as a highland lake. As the story moves, it weaves through the mountains towards core values like family, love, relationships, and making something from nothing"--P....
Author
Publisher
Plum Street Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this Appalachian version of The Kind and the Unkind Girls, two sisters--Bess and Tess--are sent by their mother to draw water from the Well-at-the-End-of-the-World. Along the way they meet a bear, a mountain lion, a wild boar, and three little foxes. When Bess greets them with courtesy and respect, the foxes reward her kindness. Tess, greedy for her own bounty, can't be bothered with manners; she bonks the animals with her bucket, kicks them with...
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