This magazine offers interviews, short stories and articles with a general focus on childhood in Appalachia. Two interviews include: "Creative Response to Life-Pauline Cheek," by Jane Harris Woodside, and "Insights and Experience: A Talk with Eliot Wigginton," by Pauline Binkley Cheek. Short stories include: "Thief in the Night," by Jan Barnett; "The Flood," by Drema S. Redd; and "Soul Train Ride," by Judy Odom. The articles include: "An ABC to Bledsoe, Harlan County, Kentucky," by Pauline B. Cheek; "Zealots for Children," by Pat Arnow; "Changes in Their Lives," by Pat Arnow; "Lessons from the Kids at Hanging Limb," by Jennie Carter; "Appalachian Books for All Children," by Roberta Herrin; "Sunny Side and the Kentucky Soldier," correspondence compiled by Martha Crowe; and "Golden Days: How Children Now Can Find out About Children Then." The magazine also includes selections of contemporary poetry and a "Memories" section offering reminiscences of the following places: Chatham Hill, Virginia; Lynn Garden, Tennessee; Washington County, Tennessee; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Puncheon Fork Creek, North Carolina; and Catawba County, North Carolina. (TES)