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The Case of the Desperate Duck (High-Rise Private Eyes)

Cynthia Rylant

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Deep in the heart of a big city...

All of Mabel's sugar cubes have disappeared. And when you run Mabel's fancy Tea Room, missing sugar is a disaster! Who would pocket sugar cubes? And why? Someone with a sweet tooth? Or is there another reason?

This sounds like a case for the High-Rise Private Eyes -- Case #008, to be exact,

Because no mystery
is too mysterious,
no puzzle
too puzzling,
no crime
too criminal,
no trouble
too troubling
for ace detectives
and very best friends
Bunny Brown and
Jack Jones.

The Islander

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 26 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The Islander 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Islander by Cynthia Rylant is one of the best books that I've read that she has written. This beautiful and engaging story tells about death and love, mixed with fantasy and mystery. The Islander is a great book for 4th Grade and up. It's a short read, so go to the library and check out this book!

An exciting tale 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Islander is an amazing tale about boy named Danel. Danel is an only child and he lost his parents from a tragic plane crash,so, he lives with his grandfather at his island.Danel is very lonely because he doesn't have any friends. So he spends most of his time walking on his grandfathers beach. One day while Danel was walking on the beach he finds an otter with a diamond on his head,the otter comes to shore and gives Danel a key. This key has special powers that helps him find a missing girl and live animals after a strong hurrcane that hit the islands. Soon after that his grandfather dies while he was sleeping. 7 years later he is old enogh to live on his own and leave his grandfathers friends house. One night he hears his key that helped him find the missing girl rumbling. Danel then hears a weird sound coming from the bushes.He follows the sound and finds a box with a lock on it. Danel looks on his neck where the key is .He tries the key to open the lock and it works.Danel finds a little puppy inside that turns out to be a real trouble maker. Danel falls in love with the girl he saved and wants to marry her once she's old enough.In the end he writes to the mermaid again and says thank you for everything. This story has excitment,love,sadness,and mystery. This story is one of the best stories Cynthia Rylant has ever written!

Editorial Review:

After his parents die and he is sent to live in British Columbia, young Daniel has a difficult time coping with his emotions, yet a magical encounter with a mermaid and the gift of a special key placed inside a shell turns his life around. Reprint. AB. K. PW.

All I See

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

One of my son's favorite books 5 out of 5 stars.
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When we first found this book at the library; the beautiful cover illustration first caught three-year-old Matthew's eye. Once home, it became his favorite book among the 20 or so that we had borrowed that week. I am not sure, nor can he verbally elaborate for me the draw of this book for him, but I will offer my own opinion. The tender, loving approach of the painter to the shy young boy, Charlie, is quite appealing. That the painter is male is all the more special as he becomes a wonderful role model for young boys bombarded by so many conflicting messages in the popular media. Matthew seemed to identify with the child in the story and began walking around with a pencil behind his ear, just the way Charlie and the painter do in the book. He also wanted to "get my paints, Mama" after reading the book. Lastly, the awakening of the affective and expressive side of this boy is a lovely process to observe and is elaborated beautifully by the watercolor illustrations throughout. I am confident that these too led Matthew to love this sweet, gentle book.

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"A dreamy piece about a young boy's awakening to artistic vision through his friendship with a lakeside painter. . . . The developing relationship parallels Charlie's inner process of getting to know the private, creative part of himself. . . . This is romantic, but not sentimental. It is eloquently done, and the whole--words and pictures--speaks and lingers."--School Library Journal, starred review. Full color.

Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days

Cynthia Rylant

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It's snowing!

That means there are

snow spies in the neighborhood,

Christmas cookies in the oven,

and hours of fun ahead

for a boy and his dog.

So get ready to enjoy

winter with

easy-to-read favorites

Henry and Mudge

as they share

the warmth and excitement of

the merriest of days,

the sparkle days.

The Heavenly Village

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 25 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The Heavenly Village 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is about people on earth that die and go up to heaven. The people that die didn't finish there story and need more memories or they are waiting for someone like a person or a pet. So God sends them to live in The Heavenly Village. some people stay there a short time untill they are ready to go. One person was waiting for his son he didn't have man memories so when he got to heaven he could only say " My son! " he was very sad so God sent him to the heavenly village and every night God let him go down to earth right in time for dinner. After dinners over the man talk to to his wife [but] she can't hear him. Then he goes spends time with his son and watchs t.v. or reads him a book or plays with him and his bear! This book is so sweet and i would diffently read it over and over again. It is a book that should inspire you and it did me! I like this book and can't wait to tell my friends about this book!!

Editorial Review:

Here is Cynthia Rylant's most memorable writing yet -- a spiritual novel about the wonders of life and the afterlife. In this book, a series of touching vignettes, she paints a moving picture of the stopping place between heaven and earth -- and in the process, she reminds us that life is an extraordinary gift, and that those we love are never really far away.

A Fine White Dust

Cynthia Rylant

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

A Fine White Dust 5 out of 5 stars.
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A Fine White Dust is about a boy named Pete who is afraid to going into hell.He meets this guy whom he thinks is a crimnal but it turns out that he is a preacher.The Preacher found out that Pete is very religious, so he helps him through his fear. The Preacher invites Pete to come along with him.Now he has to choose his parents or the Preacher...
I think that Cynthia Rylant wrote this book to teach us that you have to make choices.I also think she wrote this book because in our life we have to give up somethng to gain another.
I liked the book because the author describes it so well.I also like the suspense.I kept reading until I finished it.

The Waggoner Report 4 out of 5 stars.
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This book is about a boy named peter that is very interested in god but his parents are not really into that. One day this boy is going out of town and he saw a hitchhicker. when he drove by the hitchhiker he felt as if he is god in a disquise. While Peter is in church one day a precher takes the stand and to his surprise the man is the hitchhiker he saw when he was leaving town. Peter got into church and god alot while the preacher is there for 3 days. On the second day peter is in church the preacher gets him on stage and does somthing that maked him and many other people pass out. The next day peter is in his room and his friend Rufus was over and all peter was talking about was how he got saved last night Rufus was very confused with what he was talking about and Peter got very mad with him and kicked him out but they made up the same day. also on the last day the preacher got Peter up on the stage and asked him to go with him and Peter said what so the both went walking and the preacher stoped and looked at somthing Peter could not see. Peter said what are you doing and the preacher said will u come with me and peter wanted to say no but he said yes. So that night Peter wrote a note to his parents that explained why he left. The next day he went to where he was spossed to meet the preacher. They were spossed to meet at 11 but he did not show up so peter stayed till 1 and he still did not show up. But all the time Rufus Peters friend was waiting in the bushes. When peter was about to head back Rufus popped out and walked him home. They got home and they got him to bed. The next day Rufus came over and Peter and him got in a fight about the preaher bacause Rufus told him what happened he said that the preacher left with a girl. The next 3 weeks for peter were very dark. All of a sudden the girl the preacher left with came back to town but still this day she isnt talking. Peter still goes to church but not like he used two.

Editorial Review:

The visit of the traveling Preacher Man to his small North Carolina town gives new impetus to thirteen-year-old Peter's struggle to reconcile his own deeply felt religious belief with the beliefs and non-beliefs of his family and friends.

Bunny Bungalow

Cynthia Rylant

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A warm rhyming book about a bunny family and their new home 5 out of 5 stars.
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Both my toddler and I really enjoy this book about how a bunny family sets up its new home - all members working and playing together in the process. The pictures give quite a bit of detail while maintaining a cozy feel. Accompanying the visual are sing-song rhymes(about 4 lines per page). It's a very nice book to wind down.

Pleasant 4 out of 5 stars.
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"Bunny Bungalow" isn't so much a story as a celebration of cosy domestic life. In well-turned verse couplets, it explains how the bunny family (Mom, Dad, three kids and baby) set up house in a bungalow and "made it all their own" by decorating it (including a carrot weathervane) and living in it (baths, picnics, playing, bedtime, etc.) All of this is skillfully illustrated with simple strokes and appropriate washes of color. This is a quiet, cheerful book with no conflict in it, and will make a soothing singsong read-aloud for preschoolers.

Love it! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I bought this book for my 3 year old daughter after borrowing it from the library. She loves it and I love reading it to her. This book just gives you a real good feeling!!

Editorial Review:

The bunnies have found a cozy bungalow. It's just right for busy days, snug nights, and lots of bunny fun!

Annie and Snowball and the Teacup Club (Annie and Snowball Ready-to-Read)

Cynthia Rylant

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Annie loves teacups. She loves their pretty shapes. She loves their painted flowers. She loves their dainty little saucers. Her cousinand best friend, Henry, doesn't love teacups. Henry isn't interested in dainty things. Henry's dog, Mudge, weighs almost two hundred pounds, which is definitely not dainty!

Can Henry help Annie find friends who love teacups as much as she does?

Old Town in the Green Groves : Laura Ingalls Wilder's Lost Little House Years

Cynthia Rylant

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Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote nine Little House books about her childhood growing upon the western frontier. But there were two years she didn't write about, two missing years that take place between On the Banks of Plum Creek and By the Shores of Silver Lake.

Now, Newbery Award-winning author Cynthia Rylant has imagined what those lost Little House years were like, based on Laura's unpublished memoirs. The result is the first Little House novel about Laura as a young girl in almost 60 years, and a wonderful addition to the classic series.

When the grasshopper plague returns to Plum Creek, Pa knows all the crops will be destroyed again. He decides to take the family east to Burr Oak, Iowa, where he has found work running a hotel. But Laura tongs to return to the tall-grass prairie and the unsettled west, to a place where Pa can play his fiddle in the open air and where she can feel free again.

Old Town in the Green Groves continues the story about Laura Ingalls -- a story whose wonder and adventure have delighted millions of readers.

Little Whistle's Medicine

Cynthia Rylant

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Little Whistle Comes to the Rescue 5 out of 5 stars.
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Other reviews have said these books are rather treacly in flavor, but not so to children. In its own pleasing simple and kind words, these books tell the story of Little Whistle, a little guinea pig, who is the only live animal in a toy store. But magical things happen at night and the toys come to life and along with Little Whistle they play and listen to their good friend, Soldier's nightly stories.

In this third book, though, Little Whistle has to don his medical gear because Soldier cannot tell the bedtime story as he is ill with a headache.

Little Whistle comes to the rescue! After hopping into a toy train, he finds a toy first-aid kit and helps his friend with bandages and toy medicine. Little Whistle has cured his friend and Soldier is now able to tell his night stories to all the toys--and to Little Whistle.

Wonderful drawings and a wonderful book for children.

Editorial Review:

Little Whistle loves listening to his friend Soldier read stories to everyone in Toytown. But one night Soldier doesn't feel well enough to read anything at all. Can Little Whistle find a way to help Soldier get better--and save story time?