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Wow. Cynthia Rylant's first book. She has written quite a few of them, too. I knew from the first page that this book was based on not just a life in the mountains, but a life in the beautiful Applachians (aka WV). The book is based on the author's memories of her time spent with her grandparents in the mountains. It's a reminder of the old, nice, slow, easy-going ways of some of the mountain folks. If only all of it could be that idealistic still.
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This book is set in the late 1800’s and is about a girl on her grandparent’s farm. A day in the life of this girl shows you what things were like back in the day, and the photographer’s camera in the story dates the time period in this book. The illustrations depict a family of simplicity, but the pictures are detailed, sweet, and wistful.
Feb 02, 2022
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marked it as to-read
