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Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds

Publication Information
Author:  Rylant, Cynthia Illustrator:  Moser, Barry
Title:  Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds Date:  1991
Publisher:  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich City:  San Diego
ISBN, paperback:  0-15-201605 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    fiction, memoirs/reminiscences

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
The author and the illustrator, both from Appalachia, lovingly remember the people, the customs, and the dogs.

Teaching Ideas:
It might be fun to talk about tone in connection with this book, since the author chooses her words and the illustrator his subjects with love and with a sense of humor. It could be used as part of a geography unit, with each student writing and collecting her/his own information about different parts of the country. It would fit in a rural unit (perhaps in contrast to Rylant's An Angel for Solomon Singer) or in a unit on reminiscences. See website www.isive.com/welcome.cfm/appalachia

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Communities > rural > rural life
bullet Science > biology > zoology > mammals > dogs
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Appalachia
bullet Social Studies > anthropology > cultures > cultural customs
bullet Social Studies > anthropology > customs
bullet Literature and Language > tone


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