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Title: Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds by Cynthia Rylant, Barry Moser ISBN: 0-15-201893-X Publisher: Voyager Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A calm and lovely view of Appalachia
Comment: Author Cynthia Rylant and illustrator Barry Moser were both reared in Appalachia, and they are completely in sync on this book. The calm, clear-eyed text and the evocative watercolor paintings balance and enhance each other beautifully.
Rylant doesn't shy away from the harder truths of Appalachian living. About coal mining, she writes, "Many [Appalachians] are coal miners because the mountains in Appalachia are full of coal which people want and if you are brave enough to travel two miles down into solid dark earth to get it, somebody will pay you money for your trouble." On the facing page from this plainspoken truth is a haunting Barry Moser watercolor of a green-clad coal miner, his eyes weary and his skin gritty with coal dust, his lunchpail resting beside him.
The beauties come through, too. Rylant writes, "Morning in these houses in Appalachia is quiet and full of light and the mountains out the window look new, like God just made them that day." Throughout the book is a sense of quiet and purpose and appreciation for a way of life most of us will never know. It's a moving and transfixing read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds
Comment: Cynthia Rylant has once again captured the true spirit of the Appalachian culture. Her descriptions are right on target. Many of us, who live in this wild and wonderful country, know folks just like those she introduces to us in all of her stories. The significance of this book, for me, is to keep alive the warm, wonderful spirit of this amazing culture she so colorfully shares with readers. I'm giving this book to children and adults as well.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Different World!
Comment: This book is wonderful! I read it to my class to help them understand what life was like in the Appalachian Mountains compared to their life in Chicago. My students were spell-bound, held by the wonderful descriptions and beautiful illustrations. They really understood that there are many different cultures within our nation!
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Title: When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode ISBN: 0140548750 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant, Kathryn Brown ISBN: 0152021027 Publisher: Voyager Books Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, Stephen Gammell ISBN: 0689717385 Publisher: Pearson Learning Pub. Date: 31 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant, Mary Szilagyi ISBN: 0689714734 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 31 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant, S.D. Schindler ISBN: 0689712634 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 30 August, 1988 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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