Every Living Thing

by Cynthia Rylant, S.D. Schindler (Illustrator)

Overview

Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive pen of Cynthia Rylant. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes — when an animal causes a human being to see things in a different way, and, perhaps, changes his life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780689712630
Publisher:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	08/30/1988
Series:	Great Source Summer Success Reading Series
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	243,880
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	870L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, Brownie & Pearl, Motor Mouse, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novel Missing May received the Newbery Medal. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

S. D. Schindler is the popular and versatile illustrator of many books for children, including Ursula K. Le Guin’s Catwings series; Skeleton Hiccups and Monster Mess!, both by Margery Cuyler; Big Pumpkin and the ALA Notable Children’s Book Don’t Fidget a Feather!, both by Erica Silverman; How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky; and Johnny Appleseed by Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benét. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His website is SDSchindlerBooks.com.

Table of Contents

	Slower Than the Rest	1
	Retired	8
	Boar Out There	15
	Papa's Parrot	19
	A Pet	26
	Spaghetti	31
	Drying Out	34
	Stray	42
	Planting Things	48
	A Bad Road for Cats	56
	Safe	66
	Shells	73

Editorial Reviews

With a deft hand, Rylant offers readers glimpses of the lives of 12 people, whose lives are altered by their contact with animals. Ages 10-up. (Oct.)

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