Silver Packages and Other Stories - Hardcover
First edition of this very rare book now in protective sleeve.
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About the Author:
As a child in West Virginia, Cynthia Rylant never dreamed of becoming a writer. In her free time, she devoured Archie comic books and paperback romances and enjoyed the outdoors. But after taking one college English class, she was, "hooked on great writing... I didn't know about this part of me until I went to college-didn't know I loved beautiful stories." And one night, inspired by the Southern writer James Agee, she sat down and wrote When I Was Young in the Mountains. Named a Caldecott Honor Book and an ALA Notable Book, it was an instant success.
Since that night, Rylant hasn't stopped creating wonderful books. Her stories explore friendship, love, grief, and other mysteries, and often draw on her memories of growing up in Appalachia. "I get a lot of personal gratification thinking of those people who don't get any attention in the world and making them really valuable in my fiction-making them absolutely shine with their beauty."
She lives with her many pets in the Pacific Northwest.
Synopsis:
Since that night, Rylant hasn't stopped creating wonderful books. Her stories explore friendship, love, grief, and other mysteries, and often draw on her memories of growing up in Appalachia. "I get a lot of personal gratification thinking of those people who don't get any attention in the world and making them really valuable in my fiction-making them absolutely shine with their beauty."
She lives with her many pets in the Pacific Northwest.
A collection of Christmas stories which looks at the other side of Christmas, where not everybody gets what they want. In one story a boy yearns for the same thing year after year and in another a lonely man becomes, once a year, a happy and much-sought-after person - the Christmas Tree salesman.
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- PublisherOrchard Books
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 1852130652
- ISBN 13 9781852130657
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages66
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