Book Detail

Waiting to Waltz

Publication Information
Author:  Rylant, Cynthia Illustrator:  Gammell, Stephen
Title:  Waiting to Waltz Date:  1984
Publisher:  Macmillan City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-02-778000-7 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry, memoirs/reminiscences

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
Reminiscences of life in the small town of Beaver are told as poems from a young girl's point of view.

Teaching Ideas:
Teachers will want to select poems to introduce. The poems seem so effortless that adults may be encouraged to try a character sketch of someone from their past in poetic form. The book could also be used in a text set with short stories and novels by Cynthia Rylant. www.isire.com/welcome.cfm/appalachia

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bullet Communities > rural > small town life
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > Appalachia


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