Geographic Orientation/North Carolina
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Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile
$19.99 Read moreFrom Gloria Houston and Susan Condie Lamb comes the true story of Miss Dorothy, an enterprising and dedicated librarian who drove a bookmobile to bring books to her neighbors in Appalachia, in this co
- Author: Houston, Gloria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 25 2011
- ISBN10: 0060291559
- Language: English
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Crow
$9.99 Read moreThe summer of 1898 is filled with ups and downs for 11-year-old Moses. He’s growing apart from his best friend, his superstitious Boo-Nanny butts heads constantly with his pragmatic, educated father, … [more below]
- Author: Wright, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2013
- ISBN10: 0375873678
- Language: English
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A Common Life: The Wedding Story
$19.00 Add to cartLaughter and wedding bells ring as #1 New York Times bestselling author Jan Karon takes her millions of fans behind the scenes of the most cherished event in Mitford history.
Mitford’s Lord’s Chapel is… [more below]- Series: Mitford Years #6
- Author: Karon, Jan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0142000345
- Language: English
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Willa of Dark Hollow
$17.99 Read moreThis enchanting companion to Robert Beatty’s instant #1 New York Times bestseller Willa of the Wood is perfect for any reader who cares deeply about the natural world.
Willa and her clan are the las- Series: Willa of the Wood #2
- Author: Beatty, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1368007600
- Language: English
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Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Estate Became an American Icon
$32.00 Add to cart“What William Cecil has accomplished at Biltmore Estate is one of the great preservation success stories of all time. He has set a high standard for what all historic house museums strive for: magnifi
- Author: Covington, Howard E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0471758183
- Language: English
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Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood
$21.00 Add to cartDiscovered as a typewritten manuscript only after her death in 2006, Family of Earth allows us to see into the young mind of author and Appalachian native Wilma Dykeman (1920-2006), who would become o… [more below]
- Author: Dykeman, Wilma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 1469629143
- Language: English
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Addy: Finding Freedom
$7.99 Read moreAddy Walker’s family is planning a dangerous escape from slavery during the summer of 1864. But before they can leave, the most terrible thing Addy can imagine happens — her Poppa and her brother, Sa… [more below]
- Series: American Girl Historical Characters
- Author: Porter, Connie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1683371607
- Language: English
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The Mandie Collection
$18.99 Add to cartA New Five-in-One From Bestselling Author Lois Gladys Leppard
Mandie fans young and old alike will love reading or re-reading the young adventurer’s mysteries when they’re all wrapped up in the second … [more below]
- Series: Mandie Collection
- Author: Leppard, Lois Gladys
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0764205382
- Language: English
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A Visitation of Spirits
$17.00 Add to cart“With A Visitation of Spirits, Randall Kenan continues James Baldwin’s legendary tradition of ‘telling it on the mountain.'”–San Francisco Chronicle
When A Visitation of Spirits was published, Randall
- Author: Kenan, Randall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 080215929X
- Language: English
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My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden’s Childhood Journey
$17.99 Read moreAs a young boy growing up in North Carolina, Romare Bearden listened to his great-grandmother’s Cherokee stories and heard the whistle of the train that took his people to the North–people who wanted
- Author: Harvey, Jeanne Walker
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 05 2012
- ISBN10: 0761458107
- Language: English
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The Mystery of the Biltmore House
$7.99 Read moreAccelerated Reader: Reading Level 4.4, 3 Points.
- Series: Real Kids! Real Places! (Paperback) #01
- Author: Marsh, Carole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 150
- Publish Date: November 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0635013479
- Language: English
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Chasing Bigfoot
$16.95 Add to cartChooch Tenkiller is not thrilled to be spending some of his summer with his Cherokee story-telling uncles and cousin Janees at a convention in North Carolina. While there, the uncles want to visit Jud… [more below]
- Author: Coulson, Art
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1478875488
- Language: English
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Pirates of the Carolinas for Kids
$12.95 Add to cartFrom Blackbeard to female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, the stories behind some infamous buccaneers and their way of life are revealed. Learn why they became pirates and how they found their treas
- Series: Carolinas for Kids
- Author: Zepke, Terrance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1561644595
- Language: English
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Lighthouses of the Carolinas for Kids
$14.95 Add to cartA lively text, rich in pictures, tells the history and lore of the lighthouses along the Carolina shores–from Currituck Lighthouse at the top of North Carolina to the Haig Point Lighthouses at the bo
- Series: Carolinas for Kids
- Author: Zepke, Terrance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1561644293
- Language: English
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Blue
$11.99 Read moreA Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Book
With her father on the frontlines of World War II, a young girl gains strength by joining her community’s battle against the 1944 polio epidemic Ann Fay Honeycutt a- Series: Bakers Mountain Stories
- Author: Moyer Hostetter, Joyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1590788354
- Language: English
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Just Juice
$7.99 Read moreJuice Faulstich lives with her pa and ma and four sisters in the North Carolina hills. Working with her hands comes easy to Juice, but not school. This year, she’s back again in Miss Hamble’s third gr… [more below]
- Series: Scholastic Signature
- Author: Hesse, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0590033832
- Language: English
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Taffy of Torpedo Junction
$17.95 Add to cartBack in print
A longtime favorite of several generations of Tar Heels, Taffy of Torpedo Junction is the thrilling adventure story of thirteen-year-old Taffy Willis, who, with the help of her pony and … [more below]- Series: Chapel Hill Books
- Author: Wechter, Nell Wise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: August 26 1996
- ISBN10: 0807846198
- Language: English
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Forgotten Tales of North Carolina
$14.99 Add to cartWhat comes to mind when you think of North Carolina history? Is it Sir Walter Raleigh, Guilford Courthouse and the Wright Brothers? Or do you think of sea monsters, drunken geese, hitchhiking alligato… [more below]
- Series: Forgotten Tales
- Author: Painter, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 08 2006
- ISBN10: 159629177X
- Language: English
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Waterfalls and Wildflowers in the Southern Appalachians: Thirty Great Hikes
$32.00 Add to cartIf you love waterfalls, here are some of the best hikes in the Southern Appalachians. And if you love plants–or simply would like to learn more about them–you will be in hiking heaven: naturalist Ti… [more below]
- Series: Southern Gateways Guides
- Author: Spira, Timothy P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 02 2015
- ISBN10: 1469622645
- Language: English
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The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas
$21.99 Add to cartA brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces in savage battles crucial in deciding both the fate of the Carolina colonies and the outcome of the … [more below]
- Author: Buchanan, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0471327166
- Language: English
