when i was young in the mountains by cynthia rylant

Characteristically, she portrays introspective, compassionate young people who live in rural settings or in small towns and who tend to be set apart from their peers. Rylant is perhaps most well known as a novelist. A prolific author who often bases her works on her own background, especially on her childhood in the West Virginia mountains, she is the creator of contemporary novels and historical fiction for young adults, middle-grade fiction and fantasy, lyrical prose poems, beginning readers, collections of short stories, volumes of poetry and verse, books of prayers and blessings, two autobiographies, and a biography of three well-known children's writers several volumes of the author's fiction and picture books are published in series, including the popular 'Henry and Mudge' easy readers about a small boy and his very large dog. Only his lips were clean, and he used them to kiss the top of my head.

A prolific author who often bases her works on her own background, especially on her childhood in the West Virginia mountains, she is the creator of contemporary novels and historical fiction for young adults, middle-grade fiction and fantasy, lyrical prose poems, beginning readers, collections of short stories, volumes of poetry and verse, books of prayers and blessings, two autobiographies, and a biography of three well-known children's writers several volumes of the autho An author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children and young adults as well as an author and author/illustrator of picture books for children, Cynthia Rylant is recognized as a gifted writer who has contributed memorably to several genres of juvenile literature. 'When I was young in the mountains, Grandfather came home in the evening covered with the black dust of a coal mine. Urn:oclc:779044550 Scandate 20100302094749 Scanner author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children and young adults as well as an author and author/illustrator of picture books for children, Cynthia Rylant is recognized as a gifted writer who has contributed memorably to several genres of juvenile literature. OL64126W Page-progression lr Pages 38 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0525441980 Urn:lcp:wheniwasyounginm00ryla:epub:0f260a74-37c7-4aab-b627-a717742e5bdf Extramarc OhioLINK Library Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier wheniwasyounginm00ryla Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8cg0c40k Isbn 052542525Xĩ780525425250 Lccn 81005359 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition

Classroom Activity Explore the element of plot using the work of Cynthia Rylant. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:08:13 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA115305 Boxid_2 CH113301 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York DonorĪlibris Edition 1st ed. Writing in multiple genres, she has earned the Newbery Medal for her book Missing May, the Newbery Honor award for A Fine White Dust, and Caldecott Honors for The Relatives Came and When I Was Young in the Mountains.

When i was young in the mountains by cynthia rylant