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When I Was Young in the Mountains
Contributor(s): Rylant, Cynthia (Author), Goode, Diane (Illustrator)

ISBN: 052542525X ISBN-13: 9780525425250
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 1982
Annotation: Growing up in the mountains is special. Each pleasure is one to share--and remember. And each is part of a gentle story, illuminated with perceptively happy paintings that evoke the love of a way of life, of a family, and most of all, of a place. Full-color illustrations.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century

Dewey: E

LCCN: 81005359

Age Level: 5-8

Grade Level: Kindergarten-3

Lexile Measure: 780 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.38" H x 7.98" W x 10.4" L (0.70 lbs) 32 pages

Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: Caldecott Medal, Honor Book, Picture Book, 1983

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 04/29/2002 pg. 73
Publishers Weekly 04/29/2002

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 5498
Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
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.

To celebrate its twentieth anniversary, When I Was Young in the Mountains is being released with a commemorative copper-colored band.

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