rylant, cynthia

An instructional guide for Cynthia Rylant's book "Poppleton in Winter" that provides close reading tasks, text-based vocabulary practice, cross-curricular activities, text-dependent questions, reader response writing prompts, and more.

An instructional guide for Cynthia Rylant's book "Henry and Mudge, the First Book" that provides close reading tasks, text-based vocabulary practice, cross-curricular activities, text-dependent questions, reader response writing prompts, and more.

The author relates her experiences growing up in a small West Virginia town.

Children's author Cynthia Rylant recalls her childhood and other life experiences and explains how these experiences became the subjects of her novels and picture books.

The author relates her experiences growing up in a small West Virginia town.

The author relates her experiences growing up in a small West Virginia town.

A biography of children's author Cynthia Rylant best known for "When I Was Young in the Mountains," "Missing May," and "A Fine White Dust." Discusses her childhood, how she became a writer, and why she chooses her sometimes tough subjects.

An introduction to Cynthia Rylant, discussing her childhood with her grandparents in West Virginia, her teen years with her mom, her education and job in a library, her early writing efforts, and her success as an author of books for young people.

Discusses the life and work of author Cynthia Rylant, including her writing process and methods, inspirations, a critical discussion of her books, biographical timeline, and awards.

Presents a reproducible study guide with activities to use in conjunction with the story "Henry and Mudge" for the elementary school classroom, and contains story summary, background information on the author, vocabulary, critical thinking, and comprehension skills.