Waiting to Waltz |
Publication Information
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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:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
poetry, memoirs/reminiscences
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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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.
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