Children’s Books

Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Jul. 15, 2024

Natural Dyes And A 'Wishtree' Controversy, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, one person’s roadside weed is another’s “golden” treasure. So says a North Carolina fiber artist. We also talk with a children's book author about a school system that suspended its community reading program over concerns about the sex of her book's main character — an oak tree. And, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program is now available in every Kentucky community. We revisit our 2022 interview with the American icon.

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Press Release Maggie Holley, Oct. 23, 2023

WVPB Brings Sesame Street To The Celebration At The 2023 West Virginia Book Festival

This year, a beloved and familiar presence made the event even more special - iconic character standees, books and activities from Sesame Street, courtesy of West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

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Arts & Culture Eric Douglas, Nov. 15, 2022

New Children’s Book Looks At 'Affrilachia'

When Frank X. Walker looked up the word Appalachia in a dictionary 30 years ago, he saw it was defined with the phrase “the white residents of the Appalachian mountains.” As a man of color, he said that shook him. His latest work is a children’s book, using the alphabet to identify and focus on people of color who grew up in Appalachia. It is called “A is for Affrilachia.”

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Arts & Culture Mason Adams, Mar. 29, 2021

How Children’s Book Writer Cynthia Rylant Found Her Calling in Southern West Virginia

Cynthia Rylant has written more than 100 books, ranging from picture books and easy readers to chapter books and novels. Some of Rylant's books, including her 1982 debut, "When I Was Young in the Mountains," were based on her life growing up in Southern West Virginia.

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WVPB News Jessica Lilly, Sep. 02, 2017

Avian Conservationist Hopes to Inspire Next Generation with Children's Book

Author Katie Fallon was inspired, in part, by her own children to write the book, Look, See the Bird! In the book, Fallon writes about children from…

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Radio May. 31, 2017

May 31, 1946: Author Meredith Sue Willis Born in Clarksburg

Author Meredith Sue Willis was born in Clarksburg on May 31, 1946. She was raised in Shinnston, where both her parents were educators. After graduating…

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