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
GED 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
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Communities > rural > rural life Science > biology > zoology > mammals > dogs Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Appalachia Social Science > anthropology > cultures > cultural customs Social Science > anthropology > customs Literature and Language > tone

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