The old woman who named things

An old woman who has outlived all her friends is reluctant to become too attached to the stray dog that visits her each day.

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Main Author: Rylant, Cynthia
Other Authors: Brown, Kathryn, 1955- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1994.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:An old woman who has outlived all her friends is reluctant to become too attached to the stray dog that visits her each day.
Physical Description:p. cm.
ISBN:0152578099
Author Notes:Cynthia Rylant was born on June 6, 1954 in Hopewell, Virginia. She attended and received degrees at Morris Harvey College, Marshall University, and Kent State University.

Rylant worked as an English professor and at the children's department of a public library, where she first discovered her love of children's literature.

She has written more than 100 children's books in English and Spanish, including works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her novel Missing May won the 1993 Newbery Medal and A Fine White Dust was a 1987 Newbery Honor book. Rylant wrote A Kindness, Soda Jerk, and A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories, which were named as Best Book for Young Adults. When I was Young in the Mountains and The Relatives Came won the Caldecott Award.

She has many popular picture books series, including Henry and Mudge, Mr. Putter and Tabby and High-Rise Private Eyes. (Bowker Author Biography)