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A New York Times bestseller, the board book All in a Day shows children how to live in each moment that each day brings. This lovely book illuminates all the possibilities a day offers - the opportunities and chances that wont ever come again - and also delivers a gentle message of good stewardship of our planet. Newbery Medal winner Cynthia Rylants poetic text, alongside Nikki McClures stunning, meticulously crafted cut-paper art, makes this book not only timeless but appealing to all ages, from one to 100. Read more Continue reading Read less ABOUT THE AUTHOR Cynthia Rylant is the author of over a hundred books for children. She won the Newbery Medal for Missing May and the Newbery Honor for A Fine White Dust. Nikki McClure is the author and illustrator of many picture books, including Mama, Is It Summer Yet?; To Market, to Market; Apple; and How to Be a Cat. Read more Continue reading Read less
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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. 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. Rylant is perhaps most well known as a novelist. 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. from bookrags. com
