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Title: Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant, S.D. Schindler ISBN: 0-689-71263-4 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 30 August, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Touching stories about people and animals
Comment: "Every Living Thing," by Cynthia Rylant, is a collection of 12 short stories. Although different characters appear in each tale, the collection as a whole is unified by style and by theme. Each story deals with an encounter or ongoing relationship between a human being and one or more non-human animals. Since the book is only 81 pages long, each tale is quite brief.
This is a gentle, moving book. Rylant has a gift for capturing resonant details. She also writes with great compassion for both her human and non-human characters. Her non-human characters come in many different species: a turtle, dogs, a parrot, squirrels, and more. Her human characters are also diverse: both adults and children, both male and female. I found one of the most memorable characters to be an alcoholic wartime veteran (from "Drying Out").
My overall favorite story in the collection, "A Pet," is about a girl who becomes the owner of a blind old goldfish. I would recommend this book especially to those interested in the short story as a literary form and to those interested in literature about animals. If you like this book, I would also recommend Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's novel "Shiloh."
Rating: 5
Summary: Just a plain old good book
Comment: This may be the last in the series, but was my first read. Each chapter is a minnie story depicted in the rolling hills of Scotland. The humble vet brings his interesting account of his practice to the reader in such a way that you cannot put the book down. That's not just a cliche, either. It IS a very good book.
Rating: 5
Summary: For lovers of animals and people!!`
Comment: Wonderful stories!! Life as it is!! Having read these stories aloud to adults in nursing homes on numerous occassion and found them to satisfy our need to hear good resolves, we can all recommend this good read. "A Bad Road for Cats", one of the favorites, that hits the hard realities of human relationships and good resolves in our dealing with others when things aren't right. Stories of people finding there way through realationships with others and the place that animals play in our lives to make bridges. Read them! You will love them if you love people and animals. Write more of these Cynthia!
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Title: The Van Gogh Cafe by Cynthia Rylant ISBN: 0590907174 Publisher: Apple Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant, Kathryn Brown ISBN: 0152021027 Publisher: Voyager Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie, Mark Graham ISBN: 0689801149 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant, Peter Catalanotto ISBN: 0531070824 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: September, 1996 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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