Altogether, this is one of the most charming books-and cassettes-ever to illuminate regional folklore. Since that time Milnes has harvested a cornucopia of old tunes from area traditional musicians. Gerald Milnes grew up in New ersey, but in 1975, he and his young wife bought land in Braxton County, West Virginia, and began subsistence farming. The illustrations, in the spirit of an old edition of Mother Goose, are quite appro- Ïriate for these old ditties from the Appalachians. Hardback in dust jacket, illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root. Granny Will Your Dog Bite and Other Mountain Rhymes. The words of a song are woven through the text, and that song is reproduced, with the music, on the last page of the book. It is a heart-warming story of three generations of a caring family expressed in George Ella Lyon's magical way with words. This delightful children's picture book is based on an incident that happened in the author's childhood in Harlan County, Kentucky. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:
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