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	Cynthia Rylant's 60-plus books conquer a world of subjects
		Despite her many awards, Rylant is most recognizable, by many people, as the creator of the "Henry and Mudge" series, illustrated by Suçie Stevenson.
		Rylant knows the pleasures of simplicity, the comfort of companionship and the joy to be found in overcoming obstacles.
		Rylant shares the stories of seven of the Heavenly Village's inhabitants in brief, intertwined chapters.
	www.post-gazette.com /books/19991107kidbooks.asp (1030 words)

	Amazon.fr : The Heavenly Village: Livres en anglais: Cynthia Rylant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Rylant relates the stories of seven of the Village residents in a series of carefully crafted vignettes that seem to convey the essence of a highly personal spiritual understanding.
		Cynthia Rylant has constructed a wonderful little story rich in meaning and feeling, designed for children but wonderful for adults, touching and sad, helpful and hopeful, giving an account of those who are not quite ready for heaven.
		Rylant's sensitivity to her characters and their special needs in the eyes of God and the world (and themselves) is a wonder.
	www.amazon.fr /Heavenly-Village-Cynthia-Rylant/dp/0439231493 (1140 words)

	God Went to Beauty School
		Rylant’s writing has always shown her wondering nature and this book makes it clear that on-going questioning has led her to very personal relationship with God, a relationship she now shares with readers as she asks them to imagine with her.
		Rylant’s voice is lyrical and humorous as she pokes fun at human hypocrisy, seeing our ridiculous through sublime eyes and capturing the essence of God, His love of beauty and the way He sees the divine in everything.
		Rylant writes with the confidence of a writer who has been lauded many times for her originality, creative spirit, and willingness to examine truths that others would not touch.
	www.fiveowls.com /reviews/god.htm (392 words)

	Very versatile writer
		Rylant leads a simple life but one of great adventures that she explores through her writing.
		I hope every child grows up and finds something to do that will seem important and that will seem precious.” (9) These comments give me a sense of who Cynthia Rylant is as a person and how she blends her personality and her career as a writer.
		Rylant’s expression of emotions and details to set the scene come from her devotion to adding beauty to the world.
	www.msu.edu /user/dupuisst/htm/profport/TE836cynthiarylant.htm (1384 words)

	Cynthia Rylant and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
		Cynthia was born in 1954 in Hopewell, Va. Her parents separated when she was young and her mother took Cynthia to live with her grandparents in Cool Ridge, W. Va. She lived there while her mother attended nursing school.
		Cynthia went to college at the University of Charlestown and later completed her Master's Degree in English at Marshall University.
		Cynthia became a professional librarian and completed her master of library science degree at Kent State University in Ohio.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/525/6007 (445 words)

	Author Spotlight ¿ Cynthia Rylant
		Cynthia Rylant describes the expectation, the hope and the gratitude of a boy name Frankie.
		Cynthia Rylant's Christmas stories remind and encourage us to reach out to the lonely, the poor and the homeless who live in our communities year round.
		Cynthia Rylant is considered by the Educational Paperback Association to be one of America's top 100 children's authors.
	www.familycares.org /authorinterviews/authorCynthiaRylant.cfm (452 words)

	Cynthia Rylant
		Cynthia Rylant was born on June 6, 1954 in
		Cynthia Rylant traces her real interest in writing poetry to a display she saw in college which had poetry written by David Huddle.
		Pathfinder for Cynthia Rylant Of interest to librarians, teachers and parents.
	falcon.jmu.edu /~ramseyil/rylant.htm (569 words)

	Rylant, Pavlova, Degas, Gandhi
		Beginning with January and progressing through the year, Rylant’s prayer calls for blessings on the various qualities and characteristics of the seasons, both natural and human-made.
		Come September we bless the school buses and those in them, as well as those who stay at home and wait, and by November and December we are blessing communities and celebrations and wonders of the world.
		Rylant’s attention to details -- the dogs and cats and buds and buttercups -- that children encounter and notice makes Bless Us All familiar and comfy for young bedtime readers and their parents.
	www.nimblespirit.com /html/rylant__pavlova__degas__gandhi.htm (654 words)

	Amazon.de: Dog Heaven: English Books: Cynthia Rylant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The story seems quietly and deeply rooted in faith, but it is neither sober nor sentimental, and the notion of a higher being is blended naturally into the text in an unpretentious, comforting way.
		Cynthia Rylant offers comfort for any grieving pet owner, no matter what his age.
		Cynthia Rylant's masterful imagination paints a picture of the heaven I want to go to...with big fields, a multi-racial God and fluffy clouds with dog-angels.
	www.amazon.de /Dog-Heaven-Cynthia-Rylant/dp/0590417010 (1148 words)

	Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library -- WV Authors -- Cynthia Rylant
		Cynthia Rylant was born in Hopewell, Va., in June 1954.
		When he contacted her after years of silence, Rylant hoped for a reunion, but her father succumbed to the combined effects of alcoholism and hepatitis before such a reunion could occur.
		Cynthia Rylant has earned both loyal readers and critical praise for her simple yet evocative works.
	www.wvwc.edu /lib/wv_authors/authors/a_rylant.htm (686 words)

	Cynthia Rylant, author
		In fact, most of the settings in Cynthia Rylant's works--although they are usually sensed rather than specific--are based on her young life in the Appalachian scenery of West Virginia.
		Cynthia Rylant received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1975 from Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) and an M.A. in English from Marshall University in 1976.
		Cynthia Rylant has authored more than fifty books for children and young adults, but much of her work is enjoyed by adults as well.
	www.philandsusantolbert.com /research/rylant.html (3828 words)

	Amazon.fr : The Dreamer: Livres en anglais: Cynthia Rylant,Barry Moser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The inspired re-pairing of Rylant and Moser, whose previous collaborative effort yielded the evocative and deeply personal Appalachia, proves that the talented author and artist share more than geography.
		Rylant chooses her words carefully, and the text has a certain ineffable quality, but not the transcendent power of James Weldon Johnson's emotional poem, The Creation (Little, 1993), or the heroic simplicity of Leonard Everett Fisher's David and Goliath (Holiday, 1993).
		The story is heartfelt, but it lacks the complexity of thought found in Rylant's novels, or even in her easy-to-read "Henry and Mudge" series (Bradbury).
	www.amazon.fr /Dreamer-Cynthia-Rylant/dp/0590473417 (461 words)

	Ohio Reading Road Trip \| Cynthia Rylant Biography
		When she was four years old, Rylant's parents got divorced, and she moved with her mother to Cool Ridge, West Virginia.
		After Rylant's mother finished school, Cynthia moved with her to Beaver, West Virginia, where they lived in a three-room apartment by railroad tracks.
		Rylant says, "It was hard for me, being away from my parents during that time, and so maybe everything I felt during that time I felt more intensely.
	www.orrt.org /rylant (870 words)

	TomFolio.com: by Cynthia Rylant
		Rylant, Cynthia, Illustrated by: Stevenson, Sucie Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble Publisher: MacMillan/Aladdin 1990.
		Rylant, Cynthia, Illustrated by: Stevenson, Sucie Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon Publisher: Scholastic 1987.
		Rylant, Cynthia, Illustrated by: Stevenson, Sucie Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble Publisher: Bradbury 1987.
	www.tomfolio.com /SearchAuthorTitle.asp?Aut=Cynthia_Rylant (779 words)

	Judy Blume
		Her parents were not happily married and divorced when Cynthia was four.
		Rylant’s grandparents lived in a house with no electricity or running water.
		Cynthia never went far from home because her family did not own a car.
	www.tqnyc.org /NYC040723/judyblumeandcynthiarylant.htm (357 words)

	Amazon.ca: Missing May: Books: Cynthia Rylant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Cynthia Rylant, the author of this book and her history will make you want to read all of her books.
		Cynthia wrote sixty books and published her first book in 1982.
		Rylant has also won many Newberry Medals overall Cynthia Rylant's book Missing May will change the way you look at life forever.
	www.amazon.ca /Missing-May-Cynthia-Rylant/dp/0531059960 (1355 words)

	Cynthia Rylant Papers
		Cynthia Rylant was born in 1954 and grew up in West Virginia, a region she often revisits in her work.
		Rylant also gave the University nine video adaptations of her books, one filmstrip, and two audiocassettes.
		Cynthia Rylant sent the materials in this collection to the Department of Special Collections and Archives when she first established herself as an author, and continues to add to the collection.
	speccoll.library.kent.edu /children/rylant.html (1463 words)

	MASL: Maissing May by Cynthia Rylant
		Cynthia Rylant describes her writing process in the interview titled "Rylant on Writing: A Talk with 1993 Newbery Medialist Cynthia Rylant" (School Library Journal, May 1993, pages 26 -29).
		Cynthia Rylant discusses how she researched her World War II novel I Have Seen Castles in her interview.
		Rylant has strong opinions about the relationship between the story and illustrations in picture books.
	www.maslibraries.org /infolit/samplers/missing.html (1051 words)

	God Went to Beauty School, Cynthia Rylant - HarperAcademic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Rylant's soft, reflective, and often humorous verse glimpses everyday life through wide and wondering eyes and blends the familiar with the profoundly spiritual.
		Rylant takes two tropes—God as one of us and God’s presence in everything—and turns them into wry and radiant poetry.
		"Rylant writes with the confidence of a writer who has been lauded many times for her originality, creative spirit, and willing ness to examine truths that others would not touch.
	www.harperacademic.com /catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060094338 (311 words)

	Educational Paperback Association
		Cynthia Rylant has been described as unadorned, clear, and lyrical who presents young people's concerns and makes them as valuable and important as those of adults.
		One of Rylant's most recent works is A Couple of Kooks: And Other Stories about Love about a mentally handicapped man who has a crush on an employee at the hardware store.
		Rylant on writing: a talk with 1993 Newbery medalist Cynthia Rylant; School Library Journal (ISSN: 0362-8930) v39 26-9 My 1993 McElmeel, Sharron L. 100 most popular children's authors; biographical sketches and bibliographies.
	www.edupaperback.org /showauth.cfm?authid=40 (1283 words)

	Cynthia Rylant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cynthia Rylant (born June 6, 1954) is the author of over 60 children's books in English and Spanish, including works in fiction, nonfiction and poetry.
		Her parents divorced when she was four years old, and she was sent to live with her grandparents in Cool Ridge, West Virginia while her mother attended nursing school.
		Rylant's most famous books today are the Henry and Mudge books, illustrated by Sucie Stevenson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cynthia_Rylant (300 words)

	Amazon.ca: God Went to Beauty School: Books: Cynthia Rylant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Cynthia Rylant doesn't need to use a lot of words to get her point across.
		Well, according to Cynthia Rylant, God would paint all the nails any color He wanted, then say, "Beautiful," and mean it.
		It would be easy to be offended by Rylant's position that God would enjoy trying on these human moments for a while (is that blasphemy?) or one could just as easily appreciate the novelty of the idea and enjoy hearing God's confusion at what he should do in order to better understand man.
	www.amazon.ca /Went-Beauty-School-Cynthia-Rylant/dp/0060094338 (1528 words)

	First Grade Author of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Cynthia loved school but had very little knowledge of children's books since there was no library in her school and no library near her home.
		Even though Cynthia attended college to become an English teacher, her first job was in a public library.
		When Cynthia was young, her grandfather gave her some very good advice, "Always do the best you can with what you've got." Cynthia has followed that advice to become a teacher, librarian and author.
	www.horacemann.pvt.k12.ny.us /lower/LibraryWeb/1authorofthemonth.html (1174 words)

	Amazon.com: The Heavenly Village: Books: Cynthia Rylant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Rylant's description of the accountant going to the village was random and insensible.
		Cynthia Rylant ruined the idea of this heavenly village that could have been some of an idea.
		I was troubled at how Cynthia Rylant started each chapter with a scripture from the Bible, then completely misrepresented the contents of the Bible...and worse, God himself.
	www.amazon.com /Heavenly-Village-Cynthia-Rylant/dp/0439231493 (2282 words)

	Cynthia Rylant
		When she was eight years old, Cynthia and her mother moved to Beaver, West Virginia to live in a 3-room apartment beside the railroad tracks.
		Cynthia traces her real interest in poetry when she saw a display in college which had poetry written by David Huddle.
		Cynthia became inspired by the famous photographer, Walker Evans.
	www.angelfire.com /journal/cynthiarylant (405 words)

	Appalachia in Children's Literature
		Also, although much of Appalachia is still economically depressed, it is important that students not go away from the study convinced that the entire mountain area is impoverished or that everybody there makes their living in the coal mines.
		The latter book should interest older students because of its frequent references to the Beatles and because the roots of most of the rest of her writing are clearly defined.
		Rylant's first picture book was When I Was Young in the Mountains, illustrated by Diane Goode (Dutton, 1982 ISBN 0 525 44198 0).
	www.carolhurst.com /subjects/appalachia.html (2106 words)

	Online Book Reviews on Child Literature - Childrens Book Reviews
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		She loved his poetry, Paper Boy which had strong characters, "People whose lives are hard but are proud of who and what they are." Her own poetry celebrates the lives of those who live with "quiet dignity".
		This book is a spiritual type of book." Cynthia Rylant has said, "Books alter our hearts." Her books surely do.
	www.lookingglassreview.com /Cynthia_Rylant.html (604 words)

	Cynthia Rylant Biography \| Authors and Artist for Young Adults
		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.
		Rylant is perhaps most well known as a novelist.
		Cynthia Rylant from Authors and Artist for Young Adults.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/cynthia-rylant-aya (97 words)

	Cynthia Rylant
		AB: Suggests activities to acquaint students with the author Cynthia Rylant and includes a bibliography of most of her writing in the categories of: picture books, first readers, fiction and short stories for intermediate and young adult readers, nonfiction, poetry, board books, and related videos.
		AB: This paper is a bio-bibliography of Cynthia Rylant, exploring both her life and writings.
		Rylant tells about her personal life, discusses her writing habits, how she chooses illustrators for her books, and her relationship with her editor.
	www.indiana.edu /~reading/ieo/bibs/rylant.html (3381 words)

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