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New Releases by Anne Shelby

Anne Shelby is the author of The Man Who Lived in a Hollow Tree (2009), The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales (2007), Appalachian Studies (2006), Can a Democrat Get Into Heaven? (2006), Homeplace (2000).

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The Man Who Lived in a Hollow Tree

release date: Mar 10, 2009
The Man Who Lived in a Hollow Tree
Most tall tales are no taller than the teller. This one is taller than a tree - a great-great-grandaddy of a sycamore, just right for moving into, for settling down in and raising children and children and children. It's a story starting way back in time about one man and something magical happening. Was it his doing? Or nature's? With a storyteller's lilt and a folk-artist's eye, a writer and an illustrator have made something magical of an Appalachian legend.

The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales

release date: Jan 01, 2007
The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales
Retells fourteen folktales that star the famous Appalachian character of Molly Whuppie.

Appalachian Studies

release date: Jan 01, 2006
Appalachian Studies
Anne Shelby's poems of a modern Appalachian woman cut across all strata of society.

Can a Democrat Get Into Heaven?

release date: Jan 01, 2006
Can a Democrat Get Into Heaven?
Borrowing its title from a question actually asked by one of the author's neighbors, this is a collection of Shelby's provocative columns published in Kentucky newspapers during the 21st century.

Homeplace

release date: Jan 01, 2000
Homeplace
A grandmother and grandchild trace their family history.

The Someday House

release date: Jan 01, 1996
The Someday House
Describes what it would be like to live in all kinds of imaginative houses--on a mountain, by the sea, above a bakery, underground, and in other wonderful places.

Someday House

release date: Jan 01, 1996
Someday House
Describes what it would be like to live in all kinds of imaginative houses--on a mountain, by the sea, above a bakery, underground, and in other wonderful places.

What to Do about Pollution--

release date: Jan 01, 1993
What to Do about Pollution--
A very simple look at such problems as pollution, hunger, and loneliness and what can be done about them.

Potluck

release date: Jan 01, 1991
Potluck
Alpha and Betty have a potluck and all their friends (Acton to Zelda) bring appropriate alphabetical food (asparagus soup to zucchini casserole).

We Keep a Store

release date: Jan 01, 1990
We Keep a Store
A girl describes her family's business and what she considers to be the benefits of running a store.
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