Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds

Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds
by Cynthia Rylant

Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds
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Author: Cynthia Rylant
Illustrator: Barry Moser
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1991-04-15
ISBN: 0152016058
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books

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Book Review: A calm and lovely view of Appalachia
Summary: 5 Stars

Author Cynthia Rylant and illustrator Barry Moser were both reared in Appalachia, and they are completely in sync on this book. The calm, clear-eyed text and the evocative watercolor paintings balance and enhance each other beautifully.

Rylant doesn't shy away from the harder truths of Appalachian living. About coal mining, she writes, "Many [Appalachians] are coal miners because the mountains in Appalachia are full of coal which people want and if you are brave enough to travel two miles down into solid dark earth to get it, somebody will pay you money for your trouble." On the facing page from this plainspoken truth is a haunting Barry Moser watercolor of a green-clad coal miner, his eyes weary and his skin gritty with coal dust, his lunchpail resting beside him.

The beauties come through, too. Rylant writes, "Morning in these houses in Appalachia is quiet and full of light and the mountains out the window look new, like God just made them that day." Throughout the book is a sense of quiet and purpose and appreciation for a way of life most of us will never know. It's a moving and transfixing read.

Summary of Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds

Cynthia Rylant and Barry Moser present a gentle yet poignant picture, in words and images, of the people of Appalachia-their homes, food, dogs, surroundings, and views of the world. It is a personal and authentic perspective--one that shares the Appalachian spirit of family and connection to nature.

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