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  <title><![CDATA[Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;Lyrical prose and warm watercolor illustrations bring a &quot;certain part of the country called Appalachia&quot; alive for young readers. Two award-winning artists, forever touched by their experiences growing up in this unique landscape, have teamed to create a quietly powerful and beautifully crafted portrait of life in a timeless place.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">15</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">10</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1998</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Cynthia Rylant]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this essay-style picture book, Rylant and Moser team up to tell the tale of the hardworking, spirited people of Appalachia.  Reminiscent of James Agee, from whose works the epigraph and subtitle were taken, this book is a quiet lyric description of the Appalachians and the people who live in thes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51424137">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book after I was an adult, and it resonated with me deeply. It was the first time that I ever saw *my people,* the people of Appalachia, depicted in a children's book...and in such an honest, positive manner. There are more than a few media outlets that could learn something from Cynthia...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46690356">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 24 06:56:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[While this is a children's book, it is one of the best to show what Appalachia means.   It goes beyond the media stereotype and shows the heart of the people who live there.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's always interesting to read about how people in other parts of the world live, but this isn't the best picture book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful story about life in Appalachia. The author and illustrator drew on the lives of their families in West Virginia and Tennessee in order to to dispel the notion of Appalachians as &quot;hillbillies&quot; or &quot;rednecks.&quot;  They succeed and we are left with a clear image of the dignity...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38314843">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This does not have a story to follow. It's a description of the people of Appalachia. It's beautifully writtn and illustrated, but I wanted more. One warning, though, when we were done my daughter, 8, said, &quot;I don't get it.&quot; I think the lack of any plot was kind of confusing, and the peopl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20284867">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is AMAZING.  It's not a storybook for young children, but a descriptive narrative that tells accurately, and with tenderness and obvious love and respect, the people who live in Appalachia.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really a gorgeous book, but too much for my 6-year-old.  This James Agee for school-aged kids, quiet and descriptive, with all the same flawed beauty.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a BEAUTIFUL children's book.  ]]></body>
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