My three year old loves to have these read to her, especially when it’s her brother reading! Putter if you have a child at that stage. They’re still easy to read and have a picture on each page, but they have more words on each page, and an increased vocabulary. These books are written for children who have outgrown “early readers” but are not quite ready for “chapter” books. The illustrations are very expressive, they really communicate the emotions of the characters, especially Tabby. Often in children’s books the elderly are described as crotchety or addled, but Mr. It’s just that funny things keep happening to him. Putty is so earnest, and kind, and polite. It sounds a bit dull, right? This book had my son rolling on the floor he was laughing so hard. This is a story about an elderly gentleman and his cat, his neighbor and her dog, making soup. ![]() ![]() Characteristically, she portrays introspective, compassionate young people who live in rural settings or in small towns and who tend to be set apart from their peers. Rylant is perhaps most well known as a novelist. A prolific author who often bases her works on her own background, especially on her childhood in the West Virginia mountains, she is the creator of contemporary novels and historical fiction for young adults, middle-grade fiction and fantasy, lyrical prose poems, beginning readers, collections of short stories, volumes of poetry and verse, books of prayers and blessings, two autobiographies, and a biography of three well-known children's writers several volumes of the author's fiction and picture books are published in series, including the popular "Henry and Mudge" easy readers about a small boy and his very large dog. ![]() An author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children and young adults as well as an author and author/illustrator of picture books for children, Cynthia Rylant is recognized as a gifted writer who has contributed memorably to several genres of juvenile literature.
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