I have placed in bold print the books that would be a good place to begin your Appalachian library.  Your first purchase should be When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant.

• A Certain Small Shepherd by Rebecca Caudill

• A Little Excitement by Marc Harshman

• A Mountain Rainbow by Debbie Hodson

• A Pocketful of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill

• A Regular Rolling Noah by George Ella Lyon

• An Appalachian Mother Goose by James Still

• Appalachia, The Voices of Sleeping Birds by Cynthia Rylant

• Appalachian Mountains (Rookie Read-About Geography) by Jan Mader

• Appalachian Scrapbook An A-B-C of Growing Up in the Mountains by Pauline Cheek

• Billy Boy by Richard Chase

• Cecil's Story by George Ella Lyon

• Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

• Cherokee Animal Tales illustrated by Robert Frankenberg

• Child Life in Colonial Days by alice Morse Earle

• Christmas in the Country by Cynthia Rylant & diane Goode

• Come a Tide by George Ella Lyon

• Come Sing, Jimmy Jo by Katherine Paterson

• Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? by Rebecca Caudill

• Eight Hands Round, A Patchwork Alphabet by Ann Whitford Paul

• Fearless Jack by Paul Brett Johnson

• Gentle’s Holler by Kerry Madden

• Granny Will Your Dog Bite by Gerald Milnes

• Hillbilly Night Afore Christmas by Thomas Noel Turner

• Home Life in Colonial Days by alice Morse Earle

• Homeplace by Anne Shelby

• Hunting the White Cow by Tres Seymour  

• In Coal Country by Judith Hendershot

• Indian Doctor Book by Nancy Locke Doan

• Jack the Giant Chaser: An Appalachian Tale by Ken Compton, Joanne Compton

• Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer

• Littlejim’s Gift An Appalachian Christmas Story by Gloria Houston

• Little Trickster the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear by Ken Kesey

• Mama is a Miner by George Ella Lyon

• Mary on Horseback by Rosemary Wells 

• Medicine of the Cherokee by J. T. Garrett and Michael Garrett

• Missing May by Cynthia Rylant

• Molasses Man by Kathy L. May

• Mountain Wedding by Faye Gibbons

• My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston

• Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant

• Ol'-Time songs, Jokes, & Stories 48 Great Sing-along Favorites by Wayne Erbsen

• Old Songs & Singing Games Collected and Edited by Richard Chase

• Old Time Toys by Bobbie Kalman & David Schimpky

• On Top of Old Smoky, A Collection of songs and Stories from Appalachia

• Once Upon ‘a Pony A Mountain Christmas by Nancy Ward cv

• Once When I was Scared by Helena Clare Pittman

• One Christmas Dawn by Candice F. Ransom

• Only the Names Remain:  The Cherokees and The Trail of Tears by Alex W. Bealer and Kristina Rodana

• Pioneer Children of Appalachia by Joan Anderson

• Possum Come a- Knockin’ by Nancy Van Laan

• Quilting Now and Then by Karen B. Willing and Julie Bates Dock

• Ragsale by Artie Ann Bates

• Rocks in My Pockets by Marc Harshman and Bonnie Collins

• Rusties and Riddles & Gee-Haw Whimmy-Diddles by James Still

• Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst

• Singing Games and Playparty GamesCompiled by Richard Chase 

• Silver Packages An Appalachian Christmas Story by Cynthia Rylant

• Singing Games and Playparty Games compiled by Richard Chase

• Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella by Alan Schroeder

• Snowbear Whittington: An Appalachian Beauty and the Beast by William H. Hooks

• Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap!: An Appalachian Folktale by Tom Birdseye

• The Best Kind of Gift by Kathi Appelt

• The Cherokee by Emilie U. Lepthien

• The Cherokees of the Smoky Mountains by Horace Kephart

• The Cherokees Past and Present An Authentic Guide to the Cherokee people by J. Ed Sharple

• The Coffin Quilt The Feud Between The Hatfields and The McCoys by Ann Rinaldi

• The Day the Picture Man Came by Faye Gibbons

• The Jack Tales (as told by Ray Hicks) by Lynn Salsi

• The Little Black Truck by Libba Moore Gray

• The Mummer's Song by Ian Wallace

• The Pig who Went Home on Sunday (Appalachian Folktale) by Donald Davis

• The Quilt Story by Tomie dePaola

• The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills

• The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant

• The Rooster Crows, A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles by Maud and Miska Petersham

• The Story of The Cherokee People by Tom B Underwood

• There’s a Hole in My Bucket by William Stobbs

• The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story by Gloria McLendon Houston,

• Up the Track’s to Grandma’s by Judith Hendershot

• When Coal Was King by Louis Poliniak

• When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant

• When Uncle Took the Fiddle by Libba More Gray

• Who Came Down That Road? by George Ella Lyon

• Wicked Jack adapted by Connie Nordhielm Woolridge

• Willie Pearl by Michelle Y. Green

• Willie Pearl Under the Mountain by Michelle Y. Green