Most Popular Books by Anne Shelby

Retells fourteen folktales that star the famous Appalachian character of Molly Whuppie.

Anne Shelby''s poems of a modern Appalachian woman cut across all strata of society.

A grandmother and grandchild trace their family history.

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.

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.

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.

A girl describes her family''s business and what she considers to be the benefits of running a store.

Alpha and Betty have a potluck and all their friends (Acton to Zelda) bring appropriate alphabetical food (asparagus soup to zucchini casserole).

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.

A very simple look at such problems as pollution, hunger, and loneliness and what can be done about them.