The stars will still shine

In pictures and rhyming text, this verse reassures the reader that life's familiar things, such as stars that shine and sleeping kittens, will continue as they always have. Shining stars, flowers that bloom, love . . . the constants of a beautiful world are celebrated in this comforting book. Graced...

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Main Author: Rylant, Cynthia
Other Authors: Beeke, Tiphanie (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:In pictures and rhyming text, this verse reassures the reader that life's familiar things, such as stars that shine and sleeping kittens, will continue as they always have. Shining stars, flowers that bloom, love . . . the constants of a beautiful world are celebrated in this comforting book. Graced by Cynthia Rylant's lyrical words and Tiphanie Beeke's luminous art, this gentle, life-affirming book reassures us all that, even in uncertain times, every day of every year offers good things that will bring us joy.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged.) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
ISBN:0060546395
0060546409 (lib. bdg.)
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)