Appalachian Children's Literature: An Annotated Bibliography

357 Pages·2000·2.75 MB·English

by  Herrin Roberta Teague

Appalachian
Children’s Literature
The 13 States of the Appalachian Region
CONTRIBUTIONSTOSOUTHERNAPPALACHIANSTUDIES
1. Memoirs of Grassy Creek: Growing Up in the Mountains
on the Virginia–North Carolina Line. Zetta Barker Hamby. 1998
2. The Pond Mountain Chronicle: Self-Portrait of a Southern
Appalachian Community. Edited by Leland R. Cooper and Mary Lee Cooper. 1998
3. Traditional Musicians of the Central Blue Ridge: Old Time, Early Country, Folk
and Bluegrass Label Recording Artists, with Discographies. Marty McGee. 2000
4. W.R. Trivett, Appalachian Pictureman:
Photographs of a Bygone Time. Ralph E. Lentz II. 2001
5. The People of the New River: Oral Histories from
the Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga Counties of North Carolina.
Edited by Leland R. Cooper and Mary Lee Cooper. 2001
6. John Fox, Jr., Appalachian Author. Bill York. 2003
7. The Thistle and the Brier: Historical Links and Cultural Parallels
Between Scotland and Appalachia. Richard Blaustein. 2003
8. Tales from Sacred Wind: Coming of Age in Appalachia.
The Cratis Williams Chronicles. Cratis D. Williams.
Edited by David Cratis Williams and Patricia D. Beaver. 2003
9. Willard Gayheart, Appalachian Artist.
Willard Gayheart and Donia S. Eley. 2003
10. The Forest City Lynching of 1900: Populism, Racism, and White Supremacy
in Rutherford County, North Carolina. J. Timothy Cole. 2003
11. The Brevard Rosenwald School: Black Education and Community Building
in a Southern Appalachian Town, 1920–1966. Betty J. Reed. 2004
12. The Bristol Sessions: Writings About the Big Bang of Country Music.
Edited by Charles K. Wolfe and Ted Olson. 2005
13. Community and Change in the North Carolina Mountains:
Oral Histories and Profiles of People from Western Watauga County.
Compiled by Nannie Greene and Catherine Stokes Sheppard. 2006
14. Ashe County: A History; A New Edition.
Arthur Lloyd Fletcher. 2009 [2006]
15. The New River Controversy; A New Edition.
Thomas J. Schoenbaum. Epilogue by R. Seth Woodard. 2007
16. The Blue Ridge Parkway by Foot: A Park Ranger’s Memoir. Tim Pegram. 2007
17. James Still: Critical Essays on the Dean of Appalachian Literature.
Edited by Ted Olson and Kathy H. Olson. 2008
18. Owsley County, Kentucky, and the Perpetuation of Poverty.
John R. Burch, Jr. 2008
19. Asheville: A History. Nan K. Chase. 2007
20. Southern Appalachian Poetry: An Anthology of Works by 37 Poets.
Edited by Marita Garin. 2008
21. Ball, Bat and Bitumen: A History
of Coalfield Baseball in the Appalachian South. L.M. Sutter. 2009
22. The Frontier Nursing Service: America’s First Rural
Nurse-Midwife Service and School. Marie Bartlett. 2009
23. James Still in Interviews, Oral Histories and Memoirs.
Edited by Ted Olson. 2009
24. The Millstone Quarries of Powell County, Kentucky.
Charles D. Hockensmith. 2009
25. The Bibliography of Appalachia: More Than 4,700 Books, Articles, Monographs
and Dissertations, Topically Arranged and Indexed. Compiled by John R. Burch, Jr. 2009
26. Appalachian Children’s Literature: An Annotated Bibliography.
Compiled by Roberta Teague Herrin and Sheila Quinn Oliver. 2009
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Appalachian
Children’s Literature
An Annotated Bibliography
Compiled by ROBERTA TEAGUE HERRIN
and SHEILA QUINN OLIVER
Foreword by George Ella Lyon
CONTRIBUTIONSTOSOUTHERNAPPALACHIANSTUDIES, 26
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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Herrin, Roberta T.
Appalachian children’s literature :
an annotated bibliography / compiled by
Roberta Teague Herrin and Sheila Quinn Oliver ;
foreword by George Ella Lyon.
p. cm. — (Contributions to southern Appalachian studies ; 26)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7864-1040-8
softcover : 50# alkaline paper
1. Appalachian Region—Juvenile literature—Bibliography.
2. Appalchian Region, Southern—Juvenile literature—Bibliography.
I. Oliver, Sheila Quinn. II. Title.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
viii
Foreword by George Ella Lyon
1
Preface
3
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
13
Appendix I: Counties in Appalachia
283
Appendix II: Grade Levels (Authors, Titles)
285
Author, Title, Illustrator Index
309
Subject Index
335
vii
Acknowledgments
A bibliographer is always something of a leena Dugger, and Sarah Needham in the
parasite, living off the effort of others. For the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services;
past twenty-two years I have depended on the Ruth Hausman, Sara Peters, Mark Sharman,
work and goodwill of colleagues, writers, li- and Randy Sanders also gave of their time and
brarians, students, and other bibliographers. energy.
(Tina Hanlon, Judy Teaford, Judy Martin, The School of Graduate Studies sup-
George Brosi, and Jim Stokely, to name just a ported the part-time assistance of Annie
few.) “Dixie” Michal.
Begun before the Internet came into Brown University awarded me the
popular use, the early research for this bibliog- George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Fellow-
raphy focused on print material and relied ship, 1992-93, which supported a year-long
heavily on the resources of the interlibrary loan sabbatical, when much of the critical research
division of Sherrod Library at East Tennessee for the project was begun.
State University. The staff have been accom- The research assistance of Tara Jenness
modating, stalwart supporters of this project. and Meghan Johnson has been invaluable,
The staff at the Spartanburg County along with the general support of Dr. Vernon
Public Library, the University of South Car- Prosser, principal, Broome High School, Spar-
olina Library, and the Library of Congress tanburg School District 3, Spartanburg, South
were tireless sleuths as well. Dr. Patricia E. Carolina.
Feehan with the School of Library and Infor- Judy Teaford provided expert proofread-
mation Science at the University of South ing.
Carolina deserves special recognition for her And finally, this work would never have
assistance and support. been completed without the assistance of
The ETSU Department of English pro- Sheila Quinn Oliver, who graciously agreed
vided the support of graduate assistants, in- to join the project in 2006. Without her
cluding Jennifer Bunn, Susan Isaac, the late knowledge of books and publishing, her tech-
Junius Griffin, Heather Grindstaff, Christy nical skills in information retrieval, her expert-
Price Johnson, Jennifer Luther, Dan Mills, ise in children’s literature, and her dogged,
Misty Powers, Chris Robertson, Carla Garber tireless sleuthing for titles and publication
Todaro, and Keith Wolverton. information, this bibliography would still
Many undergraduate student workers be sitting in file boxes on bookshelves. Her
were also involved, including Jonathan Pleas- dedication to this project revived it and gave
ant, Jennifer O’Hara, Allison Schlather, Ka- it legs. RTH
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Foreword
by George Ella Lyon
If what we read is a critical ingredient in is not alone in this work, but she is the prime
how we think and who we are, then the books mover. She has midwifed this field into the
and stories we read or listen to as children are world, constantly researching, speaking at con-
the foundation of our literate becoming. ferences, writing essays, providing resource
While we may identify with what is universal material for scholars and teachers, promoting
in all stories, to feel like full participants in writers’ and illustrators’ work (my own in-
our culture, we have to see ourselves and our cluded), and laboring in innumerable library
place in its story-life. Without that cultural vineyards to bring us the harvest of this book.
mirror we are excluded or have only the pro- In his essay “The Commerce of the Cre-
jected images made by outsiders. The world ative Spirit” Lewis Hyde defines a broader
worthy of story is elsewhere. We aren’t the context for this bibliography’s contribution:
kind of people you meet in books. This is a
There is a larger self, a species-essence, which is
crippling notion.
a general possession of the race. And the sym-
If we dofind characters who are supposed bolizations ... all works of art, paintings, songs
to be us in books and their depiction is de- ... constitute the speech by which that larger self
meaning and embarrassing, this reading only articulates and renews its spirit.... The work of
art is a copula: a bond, a band, a link by which
alienates us from ourselves. We are not those
the several are knit into one [The Gift, 153].
people, so if they are Appalachian we must not
be. With this perception we are displaced, dis- Hyde goes on to say that you can kill this
inherited. Just like that. larger self by destroying or devaluing its art.
But what if there arebooks which depict The reverse of this is likewise true: You
and reflect Appalachian experience but par- strengthen the spirit of that larger self when
ents, teachers, and child readers don’t know you gather and value its art. This bibliogra-
how to find them or, if they do, how to discern phy stands as a guide to 2,000 articulations of
which ones are of interest and quality? Appalachian experience. It honors, illumi-
Here is the enormous gift this bibliogra- nates, and strengthens our culture. It invites
phy offers. It has been said that for a region’s general readers to explore the wealth of this
literature to become visible and legitimate, it material. Most important, it opens the library
has to be written about by scholars who give door for today’s mountain children to meet
it context and present it in ways that we un- themselves in a story, to know that they come
derstand and respect. Roberta Teague Herrin from a rich, diverse region, and to feel at home
has been doing that for twenty-five years. She in the book world and in themselves.
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