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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Old fashion character education that is applicable for today,
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This review is from: Blue Ridge Billy (Library Binding)
Blue Ridge Billy by Lois Lenski is an old fashioned Smokey Mountain story that speaks to a host of values that modern day parents want to teach their children, too. Ten year old Billy obeys his father without question, serves his mother with devotion, cares for neighbors with loyalty, yet persues his own dreams of owning a musical instrument, a true luxury in his time and place. Hardworking, loyal, happy, Billy meet his everydays with many a song learned from his fellow mountain people. His daddy has too many pressures of life on his mind to appreciate Billy's love of music and tries to squash that love out of the boy. His mother understands, but is weighed down by life's cares and has no money of her own to help Billy. The farm chores are burdensome, but Billy loyally performs them though they take all his time and energy. He wants to earn money to save for a banjo, but who would ever have money to buy his homemade goods? His neighbors are just as poor as his own family. Suspicion, poverty, and dishonest gain are all around Billy, yet his neighbor, Sarey Sue, who has even less than Billy, has a dream that encourages him on. This book is filled with the words of folk songs, unfortunately no music accompanies them. While reading this book aloud to our children, we realized what luxury we have with some kind of music available in almost every room of our small house from bedroom to living room to kitchen. CD and cassette players, piano and recorder and guitars present a feast for our ears and spirits everyday. Read this book to appreciate your own life, reinforce the values of hard work and loyalty to family, and enjoy the rich heritage of the mountain people's contribution to our United States.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book to teach important principles.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Blue Ridge Billy (Paperback)
Fantastic! I am a K-5 teacher. I haven't seen the book since I was a young girl. I would like to have all of Lois Lenski's books for my library. I love the morals, and life principles they teach. The children sit spellbound as I read to them. I now have Indian Captive, Strawberry Girl and Cotton In My Sack. If you could help me locate any other books Lois has written, I would appreciate it. Sincerly Rosalene Wiegand
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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"Billy Honeycutt was a barefoot boy from Roundabout Creek in a remote cove of the North Carolina mountains. He liked to hurry with his evening chores so he could scramble up the mountainside to watch the sun go down. He dreamed of the day when he might own a fiddle and play it at the neighborhood music-frolics.
Billy was a very lively boy and the story of his adventures, from riding the mule to mill and fighting the Buckwheat Hollow boys, to his discovery - on a panther hunt one dark night - of the mystery of the hideout at No Man's Cove, will bring a warm response from every boy and girl. In the book the reader meets many delightful mountain people: Sarey Sue Trivett and her Granny who are in the "yarbing" business; old Uncle Pozy who teaches Billy a secret; Jeb Dotson who keeps the general store at Solitude, and Billy's own lovable family, including a stern Pappy, a very wise mother and a lively small brother and sister. Lois Lenski is performing a great service for American literature for boys and girls through her regional stories and the sympathetic, first-hand study that goes into their writing and illustrating. She brings out the beauty and character that are to be found in sections of our country which have developed a certain regional individuality."
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