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Title: The Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant, Kathryn Brown ISBN: 0-15-202102-7 Publisher: Voyager Books Pub. Date: August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: So poignant for the mum yet delights the child
Comment: I have a passion for children's books - my 3 year old daughter is so indulged. I found The Old Woman who Named Things whilst browsing this Sunday afternoon and had tears well up in my eyes whilst reading it in the shop! What a perfect and so real evocation of an elderly person's fears, lonliness and subsequent eccentricities. I rushed it home to my daughter and have read it 3 times this evening. She loves it - was amused by the naming of objects - wants to do the same around our house - fell in love with the dog and was so sad for the lady when the dog became lost. She felt the old woman couldn't truly be friends with him until she "named" him. It was so nice too to have a book with an elderly "heroine". My only quibble would be that the term "outlived" is probably beyond most young children - I would have used "died" somewhere to make it clearer. I know its subtlety is lovely but I have had to stop and explain outlived each time anyway.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Old Woman Who Named Things
Comment: The book The Old Woman Who Name Things is a good story. I think it's good for all ages. The old lady named her bed Roxanne, her Car Betsy, her old chair Fred and her old house Franklin. She has outlived all of her friends. One day a stray dog wanders into her yard. She feeds him and tells him to go home. The dog leaves and returns every day for more to eat. Then one day the dog doesn't come. A few days go by and she doesn't see the dog. The old lady gets worried so she calls the pound and asks about him. They said they might have him.
She decides to go to see if he's there. He is, so she takes him home with her and names him Lucky. This story is funny and makes the characters seem real. Parents will want to keep reading this story over and over again to their children.
Rating: 5
Summary: Magnificent artwork!
Comment: I bought this wonderful little book because I love Ms. Rylant's book, "Cat Heaven" and had intended to give it to my grandson, but I'm keeping it for myself I love it so much (I can read it to him when he visits!) The illustrations are awesome. I love the little old lady's outfit, complete with flowered baggy pants and pointy-toed cowboy boots. Readers from age 5 to 99 out there need this book about love, life and loss. It'll make you smile.
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Title: My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray, Raul Colon ISBN: 0531071421 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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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: 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: What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan, Barry Moser ISBN: 0064434923 Publisher: Harpercollins Juvenile Books Pub. Date: 31 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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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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