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Combining traditional Appalachian folktale plots with a contemporary sensibility, writer and storyteller Anne Shelby creates fourteen lively, original stories of a funny, magical, yet familiar world.

Many of the stories feature a girl named Molly Whuppie, who is clever, brave, and strong. Encountering witches, giants, an ogre who refuses to do housework, unwanted boyfriends, and all manner of conundrums, Molly manages to outwit them all with a potent combination of nerve, trickery, and plain luck. Also appearing in the stories are Molly's sisters Polly and Betts, the famous...

The town of Waterhole, Texas thought they were hiring a new sheriff. But when four young women toting rifles show up in town to fill the position, Mark Carlin doesn't know if he should be protecting them, or allowing them to protect the town. Yet when one of the sister's is kidnapped and being forced into marriage, Mark and "Sam" head out to save her. Can God show Mark that Sam is the one for him, even if she is the Sheriff? Look for the other sisters in their own books: Sheriff Bride Jo's Story, Sheriff Bride Dan's Story, Sheriff Bride Rob's Story and Sheriff Bride Christmas the Inside Man....

Clearly organized and beautifully written, Interpreting Literature With Children is a remarkable book that stands on the edge of two textbook genres: the survey of literature text and the literary criticism text. Neither approach, however, says enough about how children respond to literature in everyday classroom situations. That is the mission of this book.

It begins by providing a solid foundation in both approaches and then examines multiple ways of developing children's literary interpretation through talk, through culture, class, and gender, as well as through creative modes...