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Dog Heaven

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 166 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Dog Heaven 5 out of 5 stars.
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Beautifully illustrated with bright, bold colors, this touching text will make you smile at the same time it brings tears to your eyes. It is perfect for anyone, adult or child, who has had to say good-by to a much loved and faithful companion.

Love this book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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When my dog passed away last November, a friend sent me this book. It still makes me cry when I read it to my 3-year-old. But I love it. It's very sweet. I'm NOT religious at all, but I still got a lot out of the book.
Recently, my mother-in-law's dog died, so I sent it to her. She loved it, too.

One of my all-time favorites - I'm back for more copies 5 out of 5 stars.
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I am puzzled by reviewers who gave this book diminished reviews because it has Heaven and God as central characters. Did they read the excerpts clearly shown here? Did you notice the title "Dog Heaven," yes as in heaven? Guess you didn't put two and two together before you purchased it? Seems petty to ding the book beacuse you couldnt figure this one out....
This sweet, sinple, comforting book is the perfect gift for any friend who loses their beloved canine companion. Like others, I always keep a few copies on hand as people seem to really appreciate it as a gift at the right time. Its a lovely dream of where we wish and hope our precious friends have gone. I dearly love this book.

Editorial Review:

A comforting and smile-inducing poetic text speculates on the place where all good dogs go, describing Dog Heaven as a wonderful location filled with countless ham biscuits, good meals, lots of petting, and endless stretches of fields to run in.

The Relatives Came

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 37 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

I love this book 5 out of 5 stars.
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I bought this book to use for a discussion about how authors can paint pictures with their words. My first graders loved this book and we were able to talk about our favorite parts in the book and all the children can relate because they have either gone to visit relatives or relatives have come to visit them. They loved the pictures and the story!

I've given it as a gift twice 5 out of 5 stars.
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We're from a large family and the images and descriptions of the family reunion really touched home. I've given it to two different sets of nieces and nephews, and hope they'll have the same great stories to tell about our family that Cynthia Rylant relates.

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In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. They plucked banjos and strummed guitars.

When they finally had to leave, they were sad, but not for long. They all knew they would be together next summer.

Night in the Country

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Catches the Mood of Night Time 5 out of 5 stars.
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I love it! This picture book was a recommendation from an Amazon booklist; the description made me curious because we live in the country, too (in Australia).

The whole atmosphere of this book is wonderful - it quietly describes a dark country night to your child so gently that it takes away the childly fear of darkness and the creaking noises of an old country house at night! You can visualise the apple falling from the tree in the orchard, and I loved the mention of the squeaky screendoor from the neighbour's place as well. Except for the racoon (which I change into a wombat when I read it to my son) everything applies so much to anywhere country all over the world.

This book is a loving description of life in the country, and I recommend it for all parents who live on a rural property. I'd suggest from about 3 years of age if your child is worried about darkness or night sounds; but even our 9 months old son already loves the quiet mood of this book which helps him wind down and fall asleep really easy.

Editorial Review:

There is no night so dark, so black as night in the country. And while the people dream of daytime things, the nighttime world awakens. Owls swoop, a rabbit patters, and in the yard an apple falls -- pump! -- from the tree.

Listen. Go to the window. Across the field a light glows. Who else is up so late? Who else watches and hears the sights and sounds of night in the country -- the many stirrings of silence, the many colors of the dark?

Lyrical text and velvety pictures present a very different kind of nighttime: a mysterious, moving night that will lull small children to sleep.

The Old Woman Who Named Things

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 26 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

What's in a Name 5 out of 5 stars.
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Cynthia Rylant has done it again-- this story tells of an elderly woman who has outlived most of those she loved and doesn't want to risk a new attachment-but but a nameless stray dog changes her mind. The story is done with a wonderful blend of humor and poignancy. It is a favorite in one pre-K classroom I know--wonderful way to positively approach those tricky issues of aging and death with young children.

Fabulous Book To Share as a Family! 5 out of 5 stars.
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We bought this book for our 5-year old son after reading a positive magazine review of it. Still, when we received it, it surpassed our expectations. This is a great book! Our son has read it over and over with our family and he even asked to bring it to school for the "hundredth day" of school. It also was timely because our family had suffered some losses this past year and the book provided a good reason for us to talk about why the old lady may have been reticent to name something and how her feelings changed by the end of the book. It's a somewhat silly (in a good way) book to read yet it still has a wonderful message. Our 8-year-old daughter loved it too. We all did, actually! Great book - buy it and enjoy!

Editorial Review:

How does an old woman who has outlived all her friends keep from being lonely? By naming the things in her life she knows she will never outlive--like her house, Franklin, and her bed, Roxanne. When a shy brown puppy appears at her front gate, the old woman won’t name it, because it might not outlive her. Tender watercolors capture the charm of this heartwarming story of an old woman who doesn’t know she’s lonely until she meets a plucky puppy who needs a name--and someone to love.

Christmas In The Country (Scholastic Bookshelf)

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Archetype Christmas 5 out of 5 stars.
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Deep in the heart of most people who celebrate Christmas lurks the archetypal
holiday, the one depicted nostalgically in Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory," and
Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales."
In the archetype, ritual is important, family and friends are important, snow is
good, and a tangerine in a stocking is enough to inspire oohs and ahs of delight.
"Christmas in the Country" is a worthy addition to the genre.
In it, our pony-tailed heroine lives in the country with Grandma and Grandpa in a
house that is "small and white. It had an old coal stove to keep us warm and a tiny little
kitchen for supper and a nice back porch for the dogs."
In the country, spring is for walks, summer for tomatoes, and fall for apples. In
winter, "The snow slows everything down. Birds are silent and serious. Dogs stay in their
warm houses. Children want cocoa and blankets. Everyone is ready for something really
special."
And - hooray - the something special has nothing to do with the mall or even
Wal-mart. Instead Grandpa will cut the tree in the forest, and the narrator and Grandma
will take the precious old ornaments from the closet that "smells like wool and mothballs."
Diane Goode's illustrations are just right - simple and energetic. Everyone's hair is
windblown at all times, as if country folk have better things to do than spray, mousse or
pin.

Editorial Review:

This loving celebration of Christmas is as fresh as the season's first snowfall, and as warm as a steaming mug of eggnog. A young girl growing up in the country enjoys a simple but enchanting Christmas with her family. Boxes of treasured homemade ornaments are brought out; an evergreen wreath brightens the front door; and relatives gather for a delicious meal. Captured here are the memorable holiday moments we cherish and remember-always.

Henry and Mudge and a Very Merry Christmas (Henry and Mudge Ready-to-Read)

Cynthia Rylant

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Christmas at Henry and Mudge's house means cookies and carols and presents, and the whole family gathering for a delicious breakfast (with lots of food falling on the floor for Mudge). It may just be the best Christmas ever -- but Henry's favorite present is the big, lovable dog he's had all along.

When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

LOVE THIS LITTLE BOOK. 5 out of 5 stars.
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This work is rather realistic. For anyone who grew up in similiar surroundings, it brings on waves of nostalgia. Growing up in the Ozark Mountains was quite similar to the setting of this story. These were simpler times, for good and bad, and it is good that we have something like this to pass on to our children. The illustrations in this book are soft and wonderful. The text is quite to the point and quite readable and understandable. The book leaves much room for open discussion, although it helps a lot if you actually grew up in these conditions, when discussing it with the young ones. I find that the simple fact there there was no electricity, no T.V., no radios, no running water, etc. quite difficult for children to understand and grasp. This book helps a lot. Recommend this one highly.

Editorial Review:

"An evocative remembrance of the simple pleasures in country living; splashing in the swimming hole, taking baths in the kitchen, sharing family times, each is eloquently portrayed here in both the misty-hued scenes and in the poetic text."--Association for Childhood Education International. Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations.

Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Snow Day Afternoon 4 out of 5 stars.
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This book features kid-friendly (bright and not too cluttered) illustrations and softly humorous text. Each of the 40 pages (divided into three short chapters) has pictures and just a few sentences, making this a great beginning reader's book or a fun story for adults to read out loud.

There is a nice message about variety: Mudge meets and enjoys other dogs; the snowman contest features many different snowman ideas and decorations... Light and simple, but done very well.

Editorial Review:

In Henry and Mudge's nineteenth adventure, Henry sees a sign about a snowman contest in the park. Can Henry, his father, and his big dog Mudge come up with the best snowman plan to win the contest?

From teh earliest stages of sounding out words to the excitement of reading a whole book without help, Ready-To-Read books open up a world of possibilities to children at four different levels:

• PRE-LEVEL1: RECOGNIZING WORDS
• LEVEL 1: STARTING TO READ
• LEVEL 2: READING TOGETHER
• LEVEL 3: READING ALONE

Henry And Mudge First Book

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

The beginning of a wonderful friendship! 5 out of 5 stars.
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As of this writing, there are some 20+ Henry & Mug books, each one a small masterpiece. However, this is the one that started it all!!

Everything great or small has it's beginning, and in the beginning of THIS book, which begins, in turn, the whole series, we meet our hero, Henry. Henry lives with mom and dad, but he really doesn't have any friends. No other children live on his block, he doesn't have any brothers or sisters. So, he asks for a dog. That dog is Mudge who swiftly goes from a teeny, handful-sized puppy to the 180-pound pooch we know and love through the rest of the series.

What makes H&M books so wonderful are the bright, simple illustrations that mirror the text and the easy realism of Mudge the dog. Unlike other fictional dogs, Mudge doesn't talk, walk about on his hind legs or save the universe: he is just a big, happy, loving pooch who, like dogs everywhere, is totally dedicated to his pal, Henry. He's like a real dog... a real BIG dog, but a real dog nonetheless. He falls asleep when he's bored, he follows Henry everywhere and is unhappy when Henry's not around, and occasionally he eats things he's not supposed to. Practically any child would love to have a companion like Mudge.

H&M are one of those rare types of books that easily fall between two categories: picture books and chapter books. They're well illustrated and the text is simple and easy to read, but the story is also divided up into chapters (usually three). This makes these books perfect for young readers who may feel that they are starting to move beyond picture books but may not be ready for full-blown chapter books with little or no illustrations. The stories are simple and comfortable and the stuff of everyday life, so a child doesn't need to have a great deal of worldly experience climbing mountains or leaping tall buildings in a single bound to see that reading can be fun.

If you start here with Henry & Mudge, by all means, don't stop here! Go on to enjoy all the other adventures that these two share! You and your children will never be disappointed!

Editorial Review:

The first book in the acclaimed easy-to-read series featuring Henry and his lovable 180-pound dog, Mudge.

Cat Heaven

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I WOULD GIVE IT 100 STARS IF I COULD 5 out of 5 stars.
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Although this book is primarily written for a young audience who have lost beloved cats, it is equally comforting to adults. I am 56 years old and with my husband of 31 years, rescue sick and abandoned kittens. Although our intent is to foster them until a good home is found, by the time they are well and old enough to be placed, we are too in love with them to send them away. We have, however, lost cats over the years, and the pain never gets easier. We recently lost a youngster (7 months) to drag racers on the street several blocks away. He was the third one who wandered too far to cross that street. We still have 6 cats (the youngest is 3 years and the oldest is 15 years, so our track record is still pretty good). Each loss is equally heartbreaking, regarldless of cause or age of the cat. A friend of mine from work brought me "Cat Heaven" and after crying my eyes out the first time I read it, I now read it frequently because it brings peace and comfort to me and my family. The illustrations are magical, and the reader will no doubt find a cat in there who looks like a kitty they love. We will not stop rescuing abandoned kitties, and we must accept that some of them will leave us. They joy far outweighes the grief, however. This book will forever comfort us and make it possible for us to continue our rescue work. We believe all the kitties we have lost over the years are all together in cat heaven! God Bless you, Cynthia Rylant.

Editorial Review:

A simply versed companion to Dog Heaven features bold, folk-art illustrations and profiles the special place where all good cats can find an endless supply of catnip, tuna, and warm laps."