Looneyville Zip Code 25259 Lore: Applachian Mountains Folklore -Popular Etmology-Colloquial Speech

A look at Appalachian folklore and the charming colloquial speech practiced in isolated Looneyville, WV. How certain cliques talk and some of the culture clashes hill and hollow folk encounter around the world - - like hill and holler "cattywampus", and overseas "knock me up."

Looneyville Zip Code 25259 Lore

Miller, Jake

History

Xlibris, Corp.

A look at Appalachian folklore and the charming colloquial speech  practiced in isolated Looneyville, WV.  How certain cliques talk and some of the culture clashes hill and hollow folk encounter around the world - - like hill and holler "cattywampus", and  overseas  "knock me up."

Americas

AuthorHouse

Bridgit and Hugo meet Miguel and Julia, two architects working in their neighborhood, who describe the many aspects of an architect's job and the training and skills needed in this important profession.

On the Job With an Architect: Builder of the World (On the Job Series)

Children's Books

Gal, Susan

Education & Reference

Barrons Juveniles

Bridgit and Hugo view a solar eclipse, visit an observatory, and learn about the many aspects of an astronomer's job.

On the Job With an Astronomer: Explorer of the Universe (On the Job Series)

Rubinstein, Jonathan

B E S Pub Co

Crazy Creature packs are giant-size decks of cards, each deck packaged with its own illustrated book of instructions for fun card games. The cards themselves feature great illustrations. The Mythical Beasts deck displays a slightly scary but mainly funny selection of dragons, ogres, elves, gnomes, and other such creatures. Kids will have hours of fun playing such games as Battling Beasts, Pay the Dragon, and many others. The 32-page book that comes with the 52-card deck contains instructions for approximately a dozen different games. The cards are bright and sturdy, 4" x 6" laminated card stock. (Ages 7-10)

Mythical Beasts: 52 Giant Creature Cards and Game Book (Crazy Creature Card and Book Packs)

Activities, Crafts & Games

“An excellent collection of creative activities....Full-color photographs show a wide variety of children in action....Safety is stressed throughout...fun, engaging text is well written....Pair it with the author’s Zany Rainy Days...to keep youngsters busy year-round.”—School Library Journal. Winner of the Disney Adventures Book Award.

Get Out!: Outdoor Activities Kids Can Enjoy Anywhere (Except Indoors)

Warshaw, Hallie

Sterling

Discusses the circumstances leading up to the 1954 Supreme Court case that fought segregation in American schools and the results and repercussions of the case.

Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka: Challenging School Segregation in the Supreme Court (Library of the Civil Rights Movement)

Powerkids Pr

The time is the mid-1950s, and tension is rising in Montgomery, Alabama. Students will be excited and moved by the way Rosa Parks, other activists, and ministers (including Martin Luther King Jr.) embraced nonviolent resistance by boycotting buses. The history of this struggle, the victory for the civil rights movement, and the turmoil that ensued will interest and touch every young reader!

The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Integrating Public Buses (Library of the Civil Rights Movement)

The Little Rock Nine: Young Champions for School Integration (Library of the Civil Rights Movement)

This book documents the history of students who created real social change through peaceful sit-Ins and freedom rides during the early sixties to protest segregation. Students who created social change through nonviolent practices are exciting and interesting to young readers today! The Freedom Riders and the violence that they encountered illustrate the important roles that determined students played during this great time of change in American history.

Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides: The Power of Nonviolent Resistance (Library of the Civil Rights Movement)

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