Portrays the family life and simple pleasures of a girl growing up in a small mountain town - (Baker & Taylor)
Whimsical illustrations and lilting text combine to portray the family life and simple pleasures of a girl growing up in the Appalachian Mountains, in this twentieth anniversary edition that comes with a commemorative copper-colored bellyband. Caldecott Honor Medal winner. - (Baker & Taylor)
Reminiscences of the pleasures of life in the mountains as a child. - (Baker & Taylor)
For twenty years, Cynthia Rylant's story of childhood in the Appalachian Mountains has been an enduring favorite. Growing up in the mountains is depicted with a spare, lyrical text and beautiful, tender illustrations by Diane Goode. The book was awarded a Caldecott Honor Medal.<br><br>To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, <i>When I Was Young in the Mountains</i> is being released with a commemorative copper-colored band. - (Penguin Putnam)