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• W203796183 abstract "Introduction As an avid reader of children's literature and a secondary educator, I have paid special attention through my career to research that validates using books written for children for educational use in secondary content area classrooms. Educational use includes using children's literature to create interest, bridging language gap for ESL students, and using pictures from children's books to illustrate history or culture (Clary 1991; Neal 1992; Hadaway and Mundy 1999). With a background in reading and English education, I know how to analyze each word choice and literary convention, but none of that helped when I chose to document stories told by my parents who grew up in 1930's in Mississippi Delta. They are both great story tellers, and through years, I have heard many stories of their childhood adventures. It wasn't until 2010 that after hearing familiar stories one more time, I decided to put them down in writing, both to document these oral histories for generations to come, but also to promote positive stories of Delta. Named the most southern place on earth by historian James Cobb (1994), Mississippi Delta is thought of as being not just a geographic region but a state of mind. Although actual Delta region is created by Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers, Delta has far reaching culture that colors all parts of Deep South. Since Delta of 1930's is known for its racial tensions, story I felt needed to be told was one of a positive nature--the innocence of children of different colors growing up together in a rural farming area. As a result of this personal mission, I wrote and published two books, Peggy Sue and Pepper Patch and The Adventures of Theodore Roosevelt Hollumway Jones and John Hart: Chasing Bandits. They are classified in genre of children's nonfiction because both books are true, or as true as memories of 80 year olds can represent. The first decision I made was not to write in dialect to make each book accessible to today's children who might find southern dialect, especially from 1930's, difficult to read and comprehend. By finding artists who live in Mississippi, I was able to keep illustrations of each book authentic to Mississippi Delta of 1930's. The trees, flowers, and vegetables included in each book, for example, are found in Delta, and landscapes are realistic views of Delta landscapes from that time. By using actual family photographs, illustrators were also able to incorporate actual houses, cars, and people from my parent's childhoods which further worked to make each book historically accurate. Peggy Sue and Pepper Patch is a story about my mother as a child helping her black neighbor, Mr. Henry, pick vegetables from garden. She unfortunately begins to pick hot peppers, and after getting peppers all over her, Mr. Henry takes her home to her mother where she is treated to a bath of vinegar and ice to soothe her skin. Her dog, Frisky, is also put through same treatment! Peggy Sue and Pepper Patch illustrates importance of gardening in south. Gardens were a necessary part of feeding a family, and children were often required to help. Patches of land used for growing gardens were often shared within a neighborhood or community, and historical records show that it was not unusual for black and white families to share work and bounty (Dallas 1987; Smith 2004). Peppers were a garden stable in 1930's as they are now, and hot peppers were often grown to be used in tamales that Delta is known for even today (Streeter 2011). As any gardener will confirm, extra vegetables grown in summer are canned or pickled for eating during winter months, and vinegar would be prominently featured in kitchen for this use and others. Vinegar was used for many purposes in 1930's including a mild antiseptic for bug bites and minor wounds, a general cleaning product, and of course as story Peggy Sue and Pepper Patch demonstrates, a soak for neutralizing sting of picking hot peppers. …" @default.
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• W203796183 title "Bringing Culture to Life through Children's Literature: The Mississippi Delta in the 1930's" @default.
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