Understanding Appalachia Through Children's Books

Celebrate Appalachia at your library! Here are some children's books to help you get started. There are many, many more! Please ask your librarian.
  • Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds by Cynthia Rylant
  • Folk and Country Music by Roger Thomas
  • Foxfire Book of Toys and Games by Linda Garland Page and Hilton Smith
  • Grandfather Tales by Richard Chase
  • Granny Will Your Dog Bite and Other Mountain Rhymes by Gerald Milnes
  • Growing Up in a Holler in the Mountains by Karen Gravelle
  • Jack and the Wonder Beans by James Still
  • Jack Tales by Richard Chase
  • Making Music: 6 Instruments You Can Create by Eddie Herschel Oates
  • Making Musical Things by Ann Wiseman
  • Mama Is a Miner by George Ella Lyon
  • Mountain Jack Tales by Gail Haley
  • Mule Eggs by Cynthia DeFelice
  • Music in the Wood by Cornelia Cornelissen
  • Sody Sallyratus by Joanne Compton
  • Sody Salleratus by Aubrey Davis
  • Sody Sallyratus by Teri Sloat
  • Tall Tales From the High Hill by Ellis Credle
  • Turkey in the Straw by Barbara Shook Hazen
  • Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies Collected from American Folklore by Alvin Schwartz
  • Wide-Mouthed Frog by Rex Schneider