Cynthia Rylant

When a mother robin builds a nest on Annie's porch, Annie can't wait to show her favorite cousin, Henry. Every day they watch the nest grow bigger and bigger. One day five small eggs appear. But it is not easy to wait! When will the baby birds hatch?

After a small setback, Mr. Putter and his favorite companions enjoy the best train ride of their lives.

Bunny and Jack investigate the disappearance of a trombone from Mr. Riley's music store.

Pandora the cat becomes a lighthouse keeper and saves the life of Seabold the dog, and together the two of them create a family with three young mice rescued from the sea.

Illustrations and rhyming text pay homage to a new day, with promises for the future in its "perfect piece of time."

God created Cat Heaven, with fields of sweet grass where cats can play, kitty-toys for them to enjoy, and angels to rub their noses and ears.

A rabbit and a frog zip around town talking to their friends about all the things they love, before cooking up a way to show everyone their gratitude.

In the winter Henry and his big dog Mudge play in the snow, share a family Christmas dinner, and gather around a crackling winter fireplace.

In “luminous moments told in lovely language,” the poems of the Newbery Medal–winning author of Boris bring a rural woman to vivid life (School Library Journal).
 
Cynthia Rylant returns to her home state of West Virginia with this powerful and evocative collection of poems. In a heartbreaking narrative that flows like a novel, we follow Ludie from childhood to falling in love and getting married,...

In the not-so-pretty house where she lives with her dad and bunny Snowball, Annie plans to make some changes in the decor with the help of her next-door neighbor and cousin Henry and his big dog Mudge.