Barking at a Fox-Fur Coat


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Collects favorite stories from the author's family of North Carolina storytellers, including "Uncle Frank Learns to Speak Polish," "Little Buchanan Outruns the Law," and "Uncle Gudger's First Pet"




Short Story Index


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Quick and Popular Reads for Teens


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Compiles and annotates YALSA's "Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults" and "Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers." Includes theme lists.




Listening for the Crack of Dawn


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Describes the experiences of a young boy growing up in western North Carolina during the fifties and sixties.




Ride the Butterflies


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Five stories about Davis's school days, ranging from kindergarten to high school: "Mrs. Rosemary", "Winning and Losing", "Miss Daisy", "Experience", "Stanley Easter". An ideal gift for teachers past, present, and future -- or for students of all ages.




Thirteen Miles from Suncrest


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Donald Davis, known across the country for his unforgettable tales of growing up Appalachian, inhabits this novel as the journal-keeping Medford McGee, a wide-eyed ten-year-old boy mystified by the rituals of adulthood and the march of technology into rural North Carolina in 1910. The one automobile in Close Creek awes Medford, and the telegraph machine dumbfounds him, The modern world, says Medford, is just about here now.




See Rock City


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A story journey throught Appalachia.




Telling Your Own Stories


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This is for people who think they have no stories to tell. It is "a set of baited fishhooks for you to use in a pond of stories that have probably been virtually untouched, and are uniquely yours."




Wisdom Tales from Around the World


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A collection of traditional stories from around the world, reflecting the cumulative wisdom of Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, African, and Native American cultures.




Walking Trees


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Twenty-one short contemporary scary stories, intended for reading aloud.