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Cynthia Rylant

Born

in Hopewell, West Virginia, The United States

June 06, 1954

Website

http://www.cynthiarylant.com/

Genre

Children's Books, Young Adult, Literature & Fiction

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Cynthia Rylant is an American author, poet, and librarian whose deeply felt books for children and young adults have made her one of the most beloved voices in contemporary literature. Writing across picture books, novels, short stories, nonfiction, and poetry, she has published more than one hundred works, many of them rooted in memory, family, solitude, and the emotional landscapes of ordinary life. Her fiction often draws from her upbringing in West Virginia and reflects the textures of Appalachian life with unusual tenderness and clarity.

Raised in modest circumstances, Rylant spent much of her childhood with her grandparents in a rural setting that later became central to her imagination as a writer. Those early years, marked by hardsh ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 148,331 ratings · 14,787 reviews · 372 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 16,437 ratings — published 1985 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Missing May 3.82 avg rating — 13,825 ratings — published 1992 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books) by Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 7,544 ratings — published 1982 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry and Mudge: The First Book (Henry and Mudge, #1) by Cynthia Rylant, Suçie Stevenson (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 6,714 ratings — published 1987 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Old Town in the Green Groves: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Lost Little House Years by Cynthia Rylant, Jim LaMarche (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 5,631 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog Heaven 4.49 avg rating — 2,513 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant, Kathryn Brown (Illustrator) 4.37 avg rating — 2,573 ratings — published 1996 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hansel and Gretel by Cynthia Rylant, Jen Corace (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 2,502 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea (Mr. Putter & Tabby, #1) by Cynthia Rylant, Arthur Howard (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 2,085 ratings — published 1994 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life by Cynthia Rylant, Brendan Wenzel (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 2,058 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Henry and Mudge (28 books)
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Suçie Stevenson (Illustrator)

4.05 avg rating — 24,020 ratings

Mr. Putter & Tabby (25 books)
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Arthur Howard (Illustrator)

4.26 avg rating — 17,356 ratings

Poppleton (8 books)
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Mark Teague (Illustrator)

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The Lighthouse Family (8 books)
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Preston McDaniels (Illustrations)

4.19 avg rating — 4,115 ratings

Poppleton Acorn series (6 books)
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4.09 avg rating — 3,507 ratings

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“It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends.”
― Cynthia Rylant, Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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“In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.”
― Cynthia Rylant, In November

tags: november, trees

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“When the wicked want to bring down the innocent, they aim for a loving heart.”
― Cynthia Rylant, Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Which book should be our Caldecott Medal winner?

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The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

13 votes 72.2%

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

1 vote 5.6%

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

1 vote 5.6%

Zero Is The Leaves On The Tree by Betsy Franco

1 vote 5.6%

All in a Day by Cynthia Rylant

1 vote 5.6%

Once Upon a Twice by Denise Doyen

1 vote 5.6%

14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy

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Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa

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Moonshot The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca

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Red Sings from Treetops A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman

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All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon

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Birds by Kevin Henkes

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The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

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Mermaid Queen The Spectacular True Story Of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way To Fame, Fortune & Swimsuit History! by Shana Corey

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Darwin One Beetle Too Many by Kathryn Lasky

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Dinotrux by Chris Gall

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A Curious Collection of Cats by Betsy Franco

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Chicken Little by Rebecca Emberley

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Otis by Loren Long

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Hello Baby! by Mem Fox

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