Remembered Time

"A very fine book and a very funny one enhanced by wry pencil drawings." -School Library Journal. Set in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the author was born, this book is dedicated to Mildred Mahoney, who created a preschool program at Pine Mountain Settlement School, which provided a model for Head Start. Middle elementary reading level or for reading to younger children with a long attention span. Cheek, Pauline Binkley. Appalachian Scrapbook: An A, B, C, ofGrowing Up in the Mountains. Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1988. 161 pages. Oversized trade paperback, illustrated. $7.95. This book can be used in the classroom or at home to encourage kids to do thenown scrapbook about whatever is important to them in their area. Critics would argue that the book appears amateurish, even goody-goody, but that doesn't need to stand in the way or making effective use of its basic theme of personalized and relevant educational projects. Haley, Gail E. Jack and the Fire Dragon. New York: Crown, 1988. 40 unnumbered pages. Oversized hardback in dust jacket, brilliantly illustrated in full color by the author. $14.95. Gail Haley has made a great contribution to both folklore and picture books with her dramatically illustrated and brilliantly colored Jack Tale books. This, her second, surpasses the first. It is wonderful, especially for older children to read to younger ones. Roth, Susan L. Kanahena: A Cherokee Story. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. 32 unnumbered pages. Hardback in dust jacket, illustrated in full color. $9.95. This very innovative book works on many levels, but those who know may be shocked by its inaccurate statement that cornmeal mush and hominy are the same. The illustrations are color photos of collages the author made out of natural materials (such as cotton, leaves, and cornmeal) and construction paper. The title is the name of a Cherokee food, and the last page has a recipe for it. Remembered Time Remembered time is one gift priceless and indestructible; not imagined nor manufactured yet life's to give and keep from arrival through departure. Although personal, universal. Remembered time is one shrine where all lives intertwine. -Glenn McKee 78 ...