West Virginia

 For West Virginia the kids espeically enjoyed learning about Appalachian music and culture.

Books:

• West Virginia by Jim Ollhoff

• M is for Mountain State: A West Virginia Alphabet by Mary Ann McCabe Riechle

• Pioneer Children of Appalachia by Joan Anderson

• Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becker

• Chuck Yeager Goes Supersonic: An Action-Packed, True Flying Adventure by Alan Biermann

• A Piece of Home by Jeri Hanel Watts

• When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant

• In Coal Country by Judith Hendershot (Not available at LAPL)

• Passing the Music Down by Sarah Sullivan

• John Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Roads by Christopher Canyon

• Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

• Way Down Deep by Ruth White

• Close to Famous by Joan Bauer

• Above the rim : how Elgin Baylor changed basketball by Jen Bryant

• Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston

• Let Me Fix You a Plate by Elizabeth Lilly

• Mountain Chef by Annette Bay Pimentel - the National Park Service is based in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, though this story isn’t about there

• History of Fiestaware: https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/west-virginia/articles/a-brief-history-of-fiesta-the-colorful-dinnerware/

• Leaders Like Us: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by J.P. Miller

Art Project:

New River Gorge National Park

Our art project was a depiction of New River Gorge National Park inspired by this photo. Mostly oil pastel, with a bit of sharpie for detail and water color for sky, river, and background of the bush.