Down Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky
by Kathi Appelt and Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer
It's 4:30 in the morning, and the "book woman" and her horse are already on their... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2001
Word Count 6,169
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1030L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 51214, 1 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Rural libraries
- Depressions--1929--Kentucky--Juvenile literature
- Rural conditions
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Kentucky--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - State & Local
- Mountain life
- Rural libraries--Kentucky--Juvenile literature
- Mountain life--Kentucky
- Depressions
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Kentucky--Rural conditions--Juvenile literature
- Packhorse librarians--Kentucky
- Packhorse librarians--Kentucky--Juvenile literature
- History
- United States. Work Projects Administration. Kentucky
- Kentucky
- United States
- Kentucky--History
- Mountain life--Kentucky--Juvenile literature
- Rural libraries--Kentucky
- Packhorse librarians
- Depressions--1929
- 1929
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kathi Appelt
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 4
Author Interviews 6
Interview with Kathi Appelt
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Interview with Kathi Appelt
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2001 Interview with Kathi Appelt
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Interview with Kathi Appelt
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May 5, 2018 interview with Kathi Appelt
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Interview with Kathi Appelt
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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