Poppleton

Poppleton the pig moves from the city to a small town, where he makes new friends and spends Mondays reading adventure books in the library.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rylant, Cynthia (Author)
Other Authors: Teague, Mark (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Acorn/Scholastic Inc., 2019
Edition:[New edition].
Series:Rylant, Cynthia. Poppleton ; 1.
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Summary:Poppleton the pig moves from the city to a small town, where he makes new friends and spends Mondays reading adventure books in the library.
Item Description:Originally published: New York : Blue Sky Press, 1997.
Includes "About the creators" and "You can draw Poppleton!" sections.
Physical Description:52 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
ISBN:9781338566680
1338566687
9781338566673
1338566679
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)