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Index of Appalachian Picture Gallery
Fences on the Blue Ridge Parkway
George Loveland's Book Under the Workers' Caps Wins 2007 Harry Caudill Award
Griner Spring Break in Smoky Mountains - Page 1 | Page 2
Illustrations by Ashton Long for Don West Song "Kentucky Miners"
Illustrations for "Catskins" by Russell Kent's Kindergarten Class
Illustrations for "Mutsmag" by Franklin County School Children
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Index of Student Writing and Illustration in AppLit Pages
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The Altar of Patriarchy in John Ehle's The Winter People
Book Review of The Ballad of Frankie Silver by Sharyn McCrumb
Childhood Dreams: Frank X Walker's "Death by Basketball"
Chinese Students Learn Jack Tales
The Contributions of Rebecca Caudill and Dorothy Hoobler to Appalachian Literature for Young Adults
Early West Virginia Cinema: From Tol’able David to The Night of the Hunter, 1921-1955
Ferrum Performers Keep Jack Tales Alive
First Graders Pursue Giants and Little People
Folkways in Appalachian Children's Books
Frankie - Review of play on Frankie Silver by William Gregg and Perry Deane Young
George Loveland's Book Under the Workers' Caps Wins 2007 Harry Caudill Award
A Greater Fairness: May Justus as Popular Educator
An Interview with George Ella Lyon
Introduction to An Appalachian Mother Goose
Once Upon a Time in Appalachia: Tom Davenport’s Fairy Tale Films
Oral Traditions and Modern Adaptations: Survey of Appalachian Folktales in Children's Literature
Review of Big Fraid, Little Fraid
Review of Daniel Patterson's A Tree Accurst: Bobby McMillon and Stories of Frankie Silver
Review of Davy Crockett Stories
Review of Hillchild: A Folklore Chapbook
Review of Too Free for Me by R. Rex Stephenson
Revisiting the Tatum Family: Regional Books by Ruth and Latrobe Carroll
From The Secret Life and Brutal Death of Mamie ThurmanE-mail Messages from Richard Barrow Re: Tatum Family Series
Wednesday, August 27 Letter From Ruth Carroll to Artus Moser and Mabel Young-Moser
September 4 Letter (Handwritten) From Ruth Carroll to Artus Moser and Mabel Young-Moser
October 2, 1953 Postcard From Ruth Carroll to Artus Moser and Mabel Young-Moser
Stephen Gordon Produces Video on Appalachian Oral Tradition for 2005 National History Day Project
Strong Women in Appalachian Folktale Dramatizations by R. Rex Stephenson
Transplanted in Appalachia: Illustrated Folktales by Barry Moser
West Virginia's Now-Famous First-Time Filmmakers
| Authors |
Index of Authors and Illustrators in AppLit
Richard Chase
| Bibliographies |
Index of Bibliographies in AppLit
Adaptations of Minority Legends: A Look at a Re-Telling of "John Henry"
Appalachian Christmas Books for Children and Young Adults
Appalachian Fiction for Children and Young Adults
Appalachian Films, Animations, Documentaries, Sitcoms and Variety Shows: Judy's Picks
Appalachian Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults
Appalachian Poetry Collections for Children
Awiakta, Marilou: Cherokee/Appalachian Poet and Essayist
Background Resources on Appalachian Children's Literature
Chase, Richard: Annotated Bibliography
Steve Fesenmaier's Annotated Bibliographies of West Virginia and Appalachian Films
2003 New and Once Lost Films on West Virginia and Appalachia - July 2003
2004 New and Once Lost Films on West Virginia and Appalachia - February 2005
2005 New and Once Lost Films on West Virginia and Appalachia - February 2005
2006 New Films on West Virginia and Appalachia - February 2007
A Basic West Virginia Film Festival: Using Films and Videos in the WVLC Collection
Film Monsters and Heroes of West Virginia
More than Fifty Movie Places to Visit in West Virginia Before You Die
Steve's Appalachian Video Update: 1996 to 2001
Ten Best Indie Feature Films Made in West Virginia
Ten Essential Documentaries About West Virginia NOT by WV Filmmakers
Ten Essential West Virginia Films by West Virginia Filmmakers
Ten Greatest Documentary Films by Women in Appalachia
Ten Greatest Feature Films About West Virginia
The Ten Most Psychotronic Films Made in West Virginia
West Virginia and Appalachian Videos in the Collection of the West Virginia Library Commission
West Virginia Filmmakers & Indie Film Exhibitors Map - March 2004
Folklore Themes in Longer Appalachian Fiction
From the Brothers Grimm: Bibliography of Tom Davenport’s Fairy Tale Films
Hamilton: Folklore in Books by Virginia Hamilton
Hicks, Ray and Orville, Storytellers of North Carolina
Justus, May: Books for Children and Young Adults
Lyon, George Ella: Bibliography of Books
Nature and the Environment in Appalachian Literature
Background Resources on Environmental Literature for Teachers and Scholars
Reading List for NEH Project Teaching Appalachian Literature
Realistic Appalachian Picture Books
Ross, Gayle: Cherokee Storyteller
Stephenson, R. Rex: Dramas and Tales
James Still's Books for and about Children: Bibliography and Study Guide
Supernatural Tales from the Appalachian Mountains: An Annotated Bibliography
Folktale Bibliography Index: Appalachian Folktales in Children's Literature and Collections for All Ages
Appalachian Folktale Collections A-J / K-Z
Appalachian Folktales in General Collections
Appalachian Folktales in Film, Drama, and Storytelling Recordings
Background Resources on Appalachian Folktales
Sources on One Author, Illustrator, Storyteller, Dramatist or Filmmaker
Folktale Picture Book Bibliography
Appalachian Picture Books: Cherokee Tales
Some Folktales from Outside Appalachia
Strong Women in Appalachian Folktales
Annotated Index of Appalachian Folktales
Combined List of All Tales in Index Alphabetically
Folktale Collections Indexed in AppLit
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Index of Folktales, Stories, Plays, Poems and Songs in AppLit
Drama
Fiction
The Good Heart of Thunderpants, by Bob Henry Baber
Folktales
The Big Old Sow and the Three Little Pigs
The Endless Tale - and - The Tale Without an End
Ferradiddledumday, by Becky Mushko
Study Guide for "Ferradiddledumday" and Other "Rumpelstiltskin" Stories
How Jack Got Tom To Do Will's Hard Work
How the Porcupine Got His Quills
Jack and His Lump of Silver from Raymond Sloan and R. Rex Stephenson
Jack and his Lump of Silver from A. M. Vicars and James M. Hylton
Mountain Marbles: An Appalachian Tale
Introduction by Tina L. Hanlon
Responses to Rex Stephenson's "Mutsmag"
The Old Man and His Seven Sons
Puppet Plays by Fifth-Grade Students
Seneca The-Mush-Stick (Catskins)
The Tale Without an End - and - The Endless Tale
Music
The Babes Who Were Stolen Away
Froggie Went A-Courting from Wise County, VA
A Frog Went A-Courting from Kentucky
Poems
Appalachian Home, by Shelby N.
The Booger Family, by Bob Henry Baber
I am a Modern Day Appalachian Woman, by Lisa Norvell
Morning in Blacksburg, by Mary Catherine L.
Out of Ashes Peace Will Rise, by Marilou Awiakta
Smoky Mountain-Woman, by Marilou Awiakta
Song of the Grandmothers, by Marilou Awiakta
| Lesson Plans |
Lesson Plan Guidelines for Contributors
Cynthia Rylant's Waiting to Waltz: A Childhood
Granny Will Your Dog Bite and Other Mountain Rhymes
Jim Wayne Miller's The Brier Poems
Lesson Plan and Internet Resource Guide for Film The Ballad of the Sad Café
Lesson Plan and Internet Resource Guide for Film Nell
Picture Book Mama is a Miner by George Ella Lyon
Pinckney Benedict's "The Sutton Pie Safe" from Town Smokes
Poems in Patricia A. Johnson's Stain My Days Blue
Story "Spelldown" by Becky Mushko
Unit Lesson Plan on Mountain Humor in Folktales and Other Media
Lesson 1: Hillbilly or Appalachian: Is There a Difference?
Lesson 3: What's in a Picture Book?
Lesson 4: What About Films? Lesson Plan on Mountain Humor and Jack and the Dentist's Daughter
Unit Lesson Plan on The Songcatcher by Sharyn McCrumb and Songcatcher Directed by Maggie Greenwald
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| Study Guides |
Resources on Appalachian Dialects
Appalachian Dialects: Overview
Exercise on Appalachian Language in Jack and the Three Sillies
In Support of Integrating Minority Dialect Literature Into the Classroom
Notes on Language Use in Cynthia Rylant's Missing May
Notes on Language Use in Alan Schroeder's Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella
Questionnaire on Linguistic Attitudes and Literature
Send it to the Crick: A Student's Reflection on Dialect Differences
Activities for Outside the Window by Anna Smucker
Activities to Accompany Study of Appalachian Folktales and Dramatizations by the Jack Tale Players
Assignments and Study Guide on Contemporary American Picture Books
Creative Activities for Three Appalachian Folktales
Exercise on Appalachian Language in Jack and the Three Sillies
First Graders Pursue Giants and Little People
Diagrams of Types of Folk Literature
Timeline of Appalachian Folktales in Oral and Written Traditions
A Guide to Appalachian Folklore and Literature in Crosscurrents of Children's Literature
James Still's Books for and about Children: Bibliography and Study Guide
Novel and Film Internet Resource Guide for The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Short Teaching Tips on Appalachian Books
Standards of Learning Covered by Study of Stephenson's "Mutsmag" and "Ashpet" Dramatizations
Study Guide for "Ferradiddledumday" and Other "Rumpelstiltskin" Stories
Study Guides on Dramatizations by the Ferrum Jack Tale Players
Superstitions Recorded by English 101 Students
Tall Tales and Jack Tales: Literature and Writing Activities
Teacher’s Study Guide for the Jack Tale Players and "Two Lost Babes”
A Teaching Guide for A Far-Off Land by Rebecca Caudill and The Trail on Which They Wept by Dorothy Hoobler
Thematic Table of Contents for Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia
Trivia Page: Little-known Facts about Appalachian Books and Authors
Where the Lilies Bloom,a Novel by Vera and Bill Cleaver
Wicked John and the Devil Crossword Puzzle
West Virginia's Appalachian Music and Literature